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: Дүгэржав оргил, , ) is the rocky peak rising to 1208 mReference Elevation Model of Antarctica.
Polar Geospatial Center. University of Minnesota, 2019
in the southeast foothills of
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. It surmounts Paspal Glacier to the northeast and Green Glacier to the south. The feature is named after the pioneer of
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in 2010/11 and subsequent seasons.


Location

Dugerjav Peak is located at , which is 11.9 km south of Mount Walker, 13 km west-southwest of Sekirna Spur, 14.4 km north of Mount Bistre, and 16.25 km southeast of
Mechit Buttress Piccard Cove () is a cove forming the southernmost part of Wilhelmina Bay, along the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Location Wilhelmina Bay is on the Danco Coast on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula. Piccard Cove in the south of ...
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mapping in 1980.


Maps

* British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.


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References


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basic data
in English)


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