Maagoe Peak

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Maagoe Peak ( 79°33′S85°0′W / 79.550°S 85.000°W / -79.550; -85.000 ) is a peak, 1,850 metres (6,070 ft) high, at the north end of the Gifford Peaks in the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos from 1961 to 1966, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Steffen Maagoe, an ionospheric scientist at Eights Station in 1964. [1]

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  1. "Maagoe Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 12 July 2013.

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