Mount Lowe
| Mount Lowe | ||
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| height | 990 m | |
| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Shackleton Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 32 ′ 14 ″ S , 30 ° 18 ′ 33 ″ W | |
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Mount Lowe is a double peaked mountain in Coatsland, East Antarctica . It rises 990 m (according to the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee 910 m ) high on the southern flank of the mouth of the Blaiklock Glacier in the western part of the Shackleton Range .
It was mapped in 1957 by participants in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955–1958) under the direction of British polar explorer Vivian Fuchs . It is named after the New Zealand mountaineer George Lowe (1924-2013), who was a photographer on the team on this expedition who managed to cross the Antarctic continent by land for the first time.
Web links
- Mount Lowe in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Lowe on geographic.org (English)