Den Hartog Peak
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Den Hartog Peak is a small peak
at the west side of the mouth of Ramsey Glacier
, 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Woodall Peak
. Discovered and photographed by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) on Flight C of February 29-March 1, 1940, and surveyed by A.P. Crary in 1957-58. Named by Crary for Stephen Den Hartog, who was glaciologist on the Victoria Land Traverse Party (1958–59), and wintered at Little America V, 1958.
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
at the west side of the mouth of Ramsey Glacier
Ramsey Glacier
Ramsey Glacier is a glacier about 45 nautical miles long, originating in the Bush Mountains near the edge of the polar plateau and flowing north to the Ross Ice Shelf eastward of Den Hartog Peak...
, 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Woodall Peak
Woodall Peak
Woodall Peak is a small rock peak, 720 m, close to the south edge of the Ross Ice Shelf, about midway between the mouths of Good and Ramsey Glaciers. Discovered and photographed by the United States Antarctic Service on Flight C of February 29-March 1, 1940, and named by Advisory Committee...
. Discovered and photographed by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) on Flight C of February 29-March 1, 1940, and surveyed by A.P. Crary in 1957-58. Named by Crary for Stephen Den Hartog, who was glaciologist on the Victoria Land Traverse Party (1958–59), and wintered at Little America V, 1958.