Snowplume Peak
| Snowplume Peak | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Jones Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ S , 94 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Snowplume Peak (English for snow flags tip is) a small mountain in the West Antarctic Ellsworth Land . In the Jones Mountains, it rises 1.2 km west-southwest of Rightangle Peak and 3 km west-southwest of Pillsbury Tower .
A team from the University of Minnesota , who worked in the Jones Mountains from 1960 to 1961, named him. It is named after a snow-laden wind vane that appears at the summit of the mountain in appropriate wind conditions.
Web links
- Snowplume Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Snowplume Peak on geographic.org (English)