Rowley massif
| Rowley massif | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Vennum ( 1320 m ) | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 35 ′ S , 61 ° 54 ′ W | |
The Rowley Massif is a striking, 1320 m high massif on the Black Coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises at the head of Odom Inlet between the Haley and Cline glaciers .
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) carried out a survey in 1974. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the massif in 1976 after Peter Dewitt Rowley (* 1943), participant in the USGS expedition from 1970 to 1971 to the Lassiter coast and leader of the expedition from 1972 to 1973 in the same area.
Web links
- Rowley Massif in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rowley Massif on geographic.org (English)