McHugo Peak
| McHugo Peak | ||
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| height | 1250 m | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Traverse Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ S , 68 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The McHugo Peak is a prominent mountain peaks of 1250 m altitude, at the northwest end of the Traverse Mountains to the Coast Rymill in Antarctic Palmer land rises.
It was identified by United States Navy aerial photographs in 1966 and surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey between 1971 and 1972 . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1977 after Mary Barbara McHugo (* 1929), a cartographer with the British Directorate of Overseas Surveys (1958–1986) and responsible for the maps over Antarctica (1960–1984).
Web links
- McHugo Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- McHugo Peak on geographic.org (English)