Mount Lowman

Mount Lowman (70°39′S 160°3′E / 70.650°S 160.050°E / -70.650; 160.050Coordinates: 70°39′S 160°3′E / 70.650°S 160.050°E / -70.650; 160.050) is a mountain, 1,610 metres (5,280 ft) high, on the east-central slopes of Pomerantz Tableland, 2 nautical miles (4 km) southeast of Rinehart Peak, in the Usarp Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–62, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Henry R. Lowman III, a United States Antarctic Research Program biologist at McMurdo Station, 1967–68.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Lowman". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-07-05.

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