Lulow Rock
| Lulow Rock | ||
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| height | 1695 m | |
| location | Queen Elizabeth Land | |
| Mountains | Pensacola Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ S , 68 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Lulow Rock is a 1695 m high and striking rock formation in the West Antarctic Queen Elizabeth Land . In the Pensacola Mountains, it rises as the northernmost rock on the front of the Pecora Escarpment .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1956 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after William F. Lulow (1935-2003), cook on the plateau station in the Antarctic winter of 1966.
Web links
- Lulow Rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lulow Rock on geographic.org (English)