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Gambacorta Peak

Index Gambacorta Peak

Gambacorta Peak is a peak high, standing east of Mount Kaschak in the southern Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. [1]

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  1. 12 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Antarctic Plateau, Ellsworth Station, Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf, Foundation Ice Stream, Francis Gambacorta, International Geophysical Year, Iroquois Plateau, Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, United States Geological Survey, USS Wyandot.

  2. Mountains of Queen Elizabeth Land
  3. Pensacola Mountains

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.

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Antarctic Plateau

The Antarctic Plateau, Polar Plateau or King Haakon VII Plateau is a large area of East Antarctica that extends over a diameter of about, and includes the region of the geographic South Pole and the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station.

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Ellsworth Station

Ellsworth Scientific Station (Estación Científica Ellsworth, or simply Estación Ellsworth or Base Ellsworth) was a permanent, all year-round originally American, then Argentine Antarctic scientific research station named after American polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth.

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Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf

The Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf or Ronne–Filchner Ice Shelf is an Antarctic ice shelf bordering the Weddell Sea.

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Foundation Ice Stream

Foundation Ice Stream is a major ice stream in the Pensacola Mountains of Antarctica.

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Francis Gambacorta

Francis Michael Gambacorta (8 July 1913 - 1 December 2000) was a US Navy Captain.

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International Geophysical Year

The International Geophysical Year (IGY; Année géophysique internationale), also referred to as the third International Polar Year, was an international scientific project that lasted from 1 July 1957 to 31 December 1958.

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Iroquois Plateau

The Iroquois Plateau is a large, mainly ice-covered plateau situated east of the southern part of the Washington Escarpment in the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica.

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Neptune Range

The Neptune Range is a mountain range, long, lying west-southwest of Forrestal Range in the central part of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. Gambacorta Peak and Neptune Range are Pensacola Mountains.

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Pensacola Mountains

The Pensacola Mountains are a large group of mountain ranges and peaks that extend in a northeast–southwest direction in the Transantarctic Mountains System, Queen Elizabeth Land region of Antarctica.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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USS Wyandot

USS Wyandot (AKA-92) was an named after Wyandot County, Ohio.

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See also

Mountains of Queen Elizabeth Land

Pensacola Mountains

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambacorta_Peak

Also known as Elliott Ridge, Final Rock, Mount Bragg, Mount Feldkotter, Mount Harper (Antarctica), Mount Kaschak, Patrick Nunatak, Seay Nunatak, Wiens Peak.