Howell Peak

Howell Peak (70°58′S 160°0′E) is a small rock peak, 1,750 metres (5,740 ft) high, on the northwestern end of the Daniels Range in the Usarp Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1960–62, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Kenneth R. Howell, a United States Antarctic Research Program meteorologist at South Pole Station, 1967–68.[1]

Not to be confused with Mount Howell, a mountain in Ellsworth Land, Antarctica.

References
  1. "Howell Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 29 June 2012.

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