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The Ark (80°43′S 24°47′W / 80.717°S 24.783°W / -80.717; -24.783) is a rock summit, 1,790 m (5,870 ft), in the central part of the Read Mountains, in the Shackleton Range in Antarctica. First mapped in 1957 by the CTAE. The name, given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC), is descriptive of its shape when viewed from the west.

References

1. ^ "The Ark". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

 This article incorporates public domain material from "The Ark". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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