Sherwin Peak
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Exploration and name
Sherwin Peak was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960–62. It was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for James S. Sherwin, ionospheric scientist at Little America V, 1958.Template:Sfn
Location
Sherwin Peak is in the northeast of the Queen Elizabeth Range. It rises above Otago Glacier, which flows northwest along its southwest side to Nimrod Glacier. Nottarp Glacier and Heidemann Glacier are to the east and Tranter Glacier forms to the north of Sherwin Peak and flows north to Nimrod Glacier. Nearby features include Mount Chivers to the north, Mount Boman and Kieffer Knoll to the northeast, Mount Damm to the east and Mount Heiser and Kooyman Peak to the southeast.Template:Sfn
Features
Mount Chivers
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A mountain, Script error: No such module "convert". high, standing between the mouths of Otago Glacier and Tranter Glacier. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960–62. Named by US-ACAN for Hugh J.H. Chivers, United States ArmyRP upper atmosphere physicist at Byrd, South Pole and Hallett Stations, 1962–63.Template:Sfn
Mount Boman
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A mountain, Script error: No such module "convert". high, between Tranter Glacier and Doss Glacier. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960–62. Named by US-ACAN for William M. Boman, United States ArmyRP traverse engineer at Roosevelt Island, 1962–63, and McMurdo Station, winter of 1965.Template:Sfn
Kieffer Knoll
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A rocky knoll which marks the extreme northeast corner of the Queen Elizabeth Range. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960–62. Named by US-ACAN for Hugh H. Kieffer, United States ArmyRP glaciologist at Roosevelt Island, 1961–62.Template:Sfn
Mount Damm
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A snow-covered mountain, Script error: No such module "convert". high, between Heidemann Glacier and Nottarp Glacier. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960–62. Named by US-ACAN for Robert Damm, United States ArmyRP biologist at McMurdo Station, 1963–64.Template:Sfn
Mount Heiser
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A mountain just north of Dorrer Glacier. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960–62. Named by US-ACAN for Paul W. Heiser Jr., USARP aurora scientist Scott Base, 1959.Template:Sfn
Kooyman Peak
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A peak, Script error: No such module "convert". high, on the ridge just south of Dorrer Glacier. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960–62. Named by the US-ACAN for Gerald L. Kooyman, United States ArmyRP biologist at McMurdo Station, 1961–62, 1963–64 and 1964–65.Template:Sfn
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