Detrick Peak

Detrick Peak (77°32′S 169°6′E / 77.533°S 169.1°E / -77.533; 169.1) is a sharp peak, c.700 m standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east-southeast of Lutz Hill in the Kyle Hills, Ross Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2000) after Daniel L. Detrick, physicist/engineer, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, involved in long-term ionospheric research with United States Antarctic Program (USAP), including the design and fabrication, as well as deployment of instruments at McMurdo, South Pole, and Siple Stations; more than a dozen visits to Antarctica from 1980.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Detrick Peak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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