Urban Point
| Urban Point | ||
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| height | 649 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Enterprise Hills , Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ S , 82 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Urban Point is a pointed rocky peak on the northeastern extension of the Enterprise Hills in West Antarctica . It is located about 5 kilometers east of the glacier front of the Ahrnsbrak glacier . On a map of the United States Geological Survey , the summit is drawn at 649 meters above sea level, which means that it rises about 50 meters above the surrounding ice.
The mountain was mapped by the United States Geological Survey as part of the recording of the Enterprise Hills in the years 1961-1966 through field surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy . It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Verdis D. Urban, a meteorologist who worked at Ellsworth Station in the winter of 1958 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Urban Point ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 16, 2010.
- ^ Union Glacier, Antarctica . Map of the United States Geological Survey , 1967