Shupe Peak

Shupe Peak

Shupe Peak (coord|78|10|S|161|55|E|) is a prominent peak, 2,910 m, of Rampart Ridge, located 4 miles (6 km) east-southeast of The Spire in the Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1994 after Gordon H. Shupe, United States Geological Survey (USGS) cartographic technician; conducted geodetic operations during three austral field seasons, 1990-94; USGS team leader for International Global Positioning System (GPS) Campaign, 1991-92, at McMurdo, Byrd, and South Pole Stations, and the Pine Island Bay area. The team established the first continuous-tracking GPS reference station in Antarctica.


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