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