Sponholz Peak
Sponholz Peak | ||
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height | 1730 m | |
location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
Mountains | Liberty Hills , Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
Coordinates | 80 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 83 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Sponholz Peak is a 1730 m high mountain in the Ellsworth Mountains of the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Heritage Range, it rises 4 km south of Moulder Peak in the Liberty Hills on the west side of the Horseshoe Valley .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1966 after Martin P. Sponholz, a meteorologist from the United States Antarctic Program , who worked on the US plateau station during the Antarctic winter of 1966 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Sponholz Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 16, 2010.