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(ThePoles.com) On Friday, August 18th the USGS Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN) approved 48 new names for features on and around the Vinson Massif in the Sentinel Range, according to Antarctic climber and researcher Damien Gildea. Among them are 17 new glaciers, 4 mountains, 14 smaller peaks, 8 ridges, 2 cols, one massif, a ledge and a pinnacle. Nine of those peak names were proposed by Damien Gildea of the Omega Foundation, the remaining 39 names were proposed by ACAN.New map available next monthNearly all of...
