Astarte Horn
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Astarte Horn () is a pyramidal peak at the south end of the north-south range extending to Mount Umbriel, in eastern Alexander Island. The feature was mapped from trimetrogon air photography taken by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and from survey by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948-50. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in association with nearby Venus Glacier; the goddess Venus being identified with the Phoenician goddess Astarte in mythology.
This article incorporates text from Astarte Horn, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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