Hoehn Peak

Hoehn Peak is a peak rising to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) at the head of Matterhorn Glacier on Roa Ridge; the peak marks the southern end of Morelli Ridge in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (1997) after Robert C. Hoehn of the Civil Engineering Department at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, who studied the Lake Bonney ecosystem during the 1974–75 field season.[1]

References
  1. "Hoehn Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-06-20.

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