The Specter (Antarctica)
| The Specter | ||
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| height | 2020 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ S , 150 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Specter (English for The specter is) a 2020 m high and striking rock spire in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Gothic Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains , it rises on the southwest flank of Mount Zanuck .
The geological team around Quin Blackburn (1900-1981) discovered them in December 1934 during the second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935) of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . It got its name from the American geologist Edmund Stump (* 1946) from Arizona State University , who worked from 1980 to 1981 as part of the United States Antarctic Research Program in the Gothic Mountains.
Web links
- The Specter in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Specter on geographic.org (English)