Mount Lowe (Antarctica)
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Mount Lowe is a mountain
having two peaks, the highest 990 m, on the south side of the mouth of Blaiklock Glacier
in the west part of the Shackleton Range
, Antarctica.
First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
and named for Wallace G. Lowe, New Zealand
photographer with the transpolar party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1956-58.
Mountain
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having two peaks, the highest 990 m, on the south side of the mouth of Blaiklock Glacier
Blaiklock Glacier
Blaiklock Glacier is a glacier long, flowing north from Turnpike Bluff, then northwest to Mount Provender and Mount Lowe in the west part of the Shackleton Range. It was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition , and named for Kenneth V. Blaiklock, leader of the advance...
in the west part of the Shackleton Range
Shackleton Range
The Shackleton Range is a mountain range in Antarctica. Rising to , it extends in an east-west direction for about between the Slessor and Recovery glaciers....
, Antarctica.
First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole...
and named for Wallace G. Lowe, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
photographer with the transpolar party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1956-58.