Mount Loweth
| Mount Loweth | ||
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| height | 1420 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Jones Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ S , 93 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount Loweth is a 1420 m high mountain in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . With a snow cap and steep cliffs on the north flank, it rises 10 km east-northeast of the Anderson Dome at the eastern end of the Jones Mountains .
Participants in a University of Minnesota expedition to the Jones Mountains (1960–1961) mapped and named him. Namesake is Hugh Fawcett Loweth (1922–2012), a government official in the US Office of Management and Budget , who was involved in the development and supervision of scientific programs in Antarctica .
Web links
- Mount Loweth in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Loweth on geographic.org (English)