Mount Loewe

Mount Loewe (70°32′S 67°43′E / 70.533°S 67.717°E / -70.533; 67.717Coordinates: 70°32′S 67°43′E / 70.533°S 67.717°E / -70.533; 67.717) is the most northerly of the Amery Peaks, rising to 1,130 metres (3,700 ft) 6 nautical miles (11 km) northeast of Mount Seaton in the eastern Aramis Range of the Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica. It was discovered by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) southern party led by W.G. Bewsher in 1956, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for Fritz Loewe, a member of the ANARE reconnaissance party in the Wyatt Earp, 1947–48, and the Australian observer with the French Expedition on the Adélie Coast, 1951–52.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Loewe". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-28.

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