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680:. A sharp peak rising midway along the north wall of Roos Glacier in the northwest part of the Mount Murphy massif. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy aerial photographs, 1959–66. Named by US-ACAN for Robert J. Buettner (1914–75), manager of contract logistics support provided to the United States Antarctic program by Holmes and Narver, Inc. This work took him to Antarctica at least five times between 1969 and 1974.
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832:. Precipitous, mainly ice-covered subsidiary peak on the Mount Murphy massif, located 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) east-northeast of the summit of Mount Murphy. First mapped by USGS from air photos obtained in January 1947 by United States Navy Operation Highjump. Named by US-ACAN after Lieutenant Gordon W. Callender (CEC), United States Navy, officer in charge of Byrd Station in 1966.
870:. Prominent headland close east of the mouth of Vane Glacier on the coast of Marie Byrd Land. It rises over 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) high and has rock exposed to seaward. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959–66. Named by US-ACAN for Captain Hugh F. Boyd III, United States Army, Construction Projects Officer during Operation Deep Freeze 1972 and 1973.
1066:. Conspicuous, nearly bare rock summit rising to 600 nautical miles (1,100 km; 690 mi) south of Hedin Nunatak. The peak is joined at its south side to an ice-covered spur which descends southwest from Mount Murphy. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959–66. Named by US-ACAN after John P. Turtle, aurora researcher at Byrd Station in 1962.
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642:. A pyramidal peak, 760 metres (2,490 ft) high, near the end of the large spur descending northwest from the Mount Murphy massif. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959–66. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Commander W. Kay, United States Navy, leader of the Construction Unit at South Pole Station during Operation Deep Freeze 1973.
1104:. A conspicuous nunatak with a flat top capped with ice and steep bare rock walls, standing 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) west-northwest of the summit of Mount Murphy. First roughly mapped from air photos taken in January 1947 by United States Navy Operation Highjump. Named by US-ACAN after Alan E. Hedin, aurora researcher at Byrd Station in 1962.
1028:. A rock outcrop 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) southwest of the summit of Mount Murphy, protruding through the ice near the head of Pope Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959–66. Named by US-ACAN after Leo E. Dorrel, United States Navy, hospital corpsman with the Byrd Station winter party, 1966.
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540:. A broad glacier that drains the northeast slopes of Mount Murphy. It enters Crosson Ice Shelf between Eisberg Head and Boyd Head. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959–66. Named by US-ACAN for Gregg A. Vane, United States Exchange Scientist at the Soviet station Novolazerevskaya in 1972.
946:. One of the highest peaks 2,445 metres (8,022 ft) high in the west-central summit area of the Mount Murphy massif. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959–66. Named by US-ACAN for noted American geologist Walter H. Bucher, Professor of Geology at Columbia University, 1940–56.
756:. A sharp, mostly ice-covered subsidiary peak standing 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) northeast of the summit of Mount Murphy. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959–66. Named by US-ACAN for Philip C. Benedict, aurora researcher at Byrd Station in 1966.
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984:. A peak 1,350 metres (4,430 ft) high on the southwest spur of the Mount Murphy massif. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959–66. Named by US-ACAN for Frank S. Sechrist, United States Exchange Scientist at the Soviet Molodezhnaya station in 1975.
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1430:Mount Murphy
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1171:Alberts 1995
1152:. Retrieved
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422:Pope Glacier
416:Pope Glacier
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335:Amundsen Sea
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317:having been
276:Mount Murphy
243:Mount Murphy
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160:Mount Murphy
122:Mount Murphy
33:Mount Murphy
18:Vane Glacier
1095: /
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1032:Turtle Peak
1019: /
994:Dorrel Rock
988:Dorrel Rock
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912:Bucher Peak
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311:Pleistocene
268: /
235:Pleistocene
196:Age of rock
114: /
88:Coordinates
1467:Categories
1437:2024-04-11
1407:2023-12-03
1154:2016-04-27
1108:References
319:K–Ar dated
274: (
184:Antarctica
120: (
66:Prominence
836:Boyd Head
684:Grew Peak
313:, with a
307:trachytic
135:Geography
56:Elevation
1139:"Murphy"
1083:111°18′W
1045:111°18′W
1007:111°22′W
963:111°02′W
925:110°52′W
887:110°29′W
849:110°01′W
811:110°18′W
773:110°27′W
735:110°32′W
697:110°37′W
659:110°55′W
621:110°57′W
608:Kay Peak
544:Features
519:110°19′W
481:110°57′W
443:111°22′W
387:109°30′W
369:Glaciers
325:Location
303:basaltic
255:110°44′W
176:Location
101:110°44′W
1387:Sources
1080:75°19′S
1042:75°22′S
1004:75°26′S
960:75°23′S
922:75°20′S
884:75°24′S
846:75°17′S
808:75°18′S
770:75°12′S
732:75°17′S
694:75°18′S
656:75°17′S
618:75°14′S
516:75°15′S
478:75°17′S
440:75°19′S
384:75°25′S
337:on the
299:Miocene
252:75°20′S
200:Unknown
190:Geology
98:75°20′S
76:Listing
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