Dibble Peak

Dibble Peak (77°29′S 169°3′E / 77.483°S 169.05°E / -77.483; 169.05) is a peak 2.3 nautical miles (4.3 km) southwest of Post Office Hill in Kyle Hills, Ross Island. The peak rises to c.1100 m and marks the highest and SW-most point of Warren Ridge. At the suggestion of P.R. Kyle, named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2000) after Raymond R. Dibble, geophysicist, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, who visited Cape Crozier in the 1962-63 season; made seismic and volcanic observations of Mount Erebus during the 1970s, also 1980-86 as a founding member of the International Mount Erebus Seismic Studies (IMESS); after retirement from Victoria University and involvement with NZAP, Dibble joined United States Antarctic Program (USAP) and dthe NMIMT team (Kyle) in the maintenance and upgrading of the seismic stations run by the Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, and 1997-98.

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