Marujupu Peak
| Marujupu Peak | ||
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| height | 497 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Ford Ranges | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ S , 145 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Marujupu Peak is a prominent and 497 m high nunatak in the Ford Ranges in the West Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land , which lies above the main stream of the Ochs Glacier between Mount Iphigene and Mount Ferranto .
He was discovered during an overflight on December 5, 1929 as part of the first Antarctic expedition (1928–1930) under the direction of the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . "Marujupu" is an acronym from Marian (* 1919), Ruth (* 1921), Judy (* 1924) and "Punch". The former are the first names of the three daughters of Arthur Hays Sulzberger (1891–1968), a sponsor of the expedition. “Punch” was the nickname of Sulzberger's son Arthur Ochs Sulzberger (1926–2012).
Web links
- Marujupu Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Marujupu Peak on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1007 (English).