Novocin Peak
| Novocin Peak | ||
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| height | 1305 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Hauberg Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 0 ′ 17 ″ S , 69 ° 36 ′ 18 ″ W | |
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The Novocin Peak is a 1305 m high mountain on the Orville coast of the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises up as one of the Bean Peaks in the southeast of this group in the Hauberg Mountains .
Participants of the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) discovered him during an overflight. The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own measurements and aerial photographs by the United States Navy between 1961 and 1967. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the mountain in 1968 after Norbert W. Novocin (* 1936), a meteorologist at Byrd Station between 1965 and 1966.
Web links
- Novocin peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Novocin Peak on geographic.org (English)