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Rinehart Peak

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Rinehart Peak (70°38′S 160°1′E) is a peak (1,710 m) which rises from a ridge on the east-central slopes of Pomerantz Tableland, in the Usarp Mountains. The feature stands at the south side of the head of Helfferich Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1960–62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Floyd J. Rinehart, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geophysicist at McMurdo Station, 1967–68.

Map of Rinehart Peak, Antarctica

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Rinehart Peak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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