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Waugh Peak

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Waugh Peak (86°4′S 160°36′W) is a rock peak, 2,430 m, standing just southeast of Breyer Mesa at the west side of Amundsen Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Douglas Waugh, Chief Cartographer with the Geological Society of America from 1963, who has contributed much to the Society's Antarctic mapping program.

Map of Waugh Peak, Antarctica

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

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Waugh Peak Wikipedia