Lowry massif
| Lowry massif | ||
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| height | 1800 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ S , 158 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Lowry-solid is a compact, from burrs existing solid without discernible peak in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises about 1,800 m high over a length of 3 km on the southern flank of the Byrd Glacier 5 km south-southwest of Mount Tuatara .
The American geologist Edmund Stump (* 1946) from the United States Antarctic Program one discovered here on 21 November 2001 fossil-leading layer of the so-called Shackleton - sandstone . The massif is named after Patrick H. Lowry, a member of the Stump-led teams at Arizona State University to study the areas around the Byrd Glacier from 1977 to 1978 and from 1978 to 1979.
Web links
- Lowry Massif in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lowry Massif on geographic.org (English)