Ziegler Point
Ziegler Point | ||
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location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
Mountains | Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
Coordinates | 79 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ S , 83 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Ziegler Point is a high crag or foothill on the southeast side of the Gross Hills in the West Antarctic Heritage Range .
Ziegler Point was mapped by the United States Geological Survey as part of the mapping of the Ellsworth Mountains in 1961-66 through field surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named Ziegler Point after Ernest L. Ziegler, an operator in the United States Navy who worked as a participant in Operation Deep Freeze in 1966 at the McMurdo Research Station .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Ziegler Point ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 15, 2010.