Johnson Spire

Johnson Spire (79°59′S 158°59′E / 79.983°S 158.983°E / -79.983; 158.983Coordinates: 79°59′S 158°59′E / 79.983°S 158.983°E / -79.983; 158.983) is a mountain with a spire-like summit, rising to 1,570 metres (5,150 ft) between Cranfield Icefalls and Gaussiran Glacier in the northeast of the Britannia Range, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Bradish F. Johnson, Chief of the Optical Science Laboratory at the United States Geological Survey (USGS), with responsibility for calibrating aerial mapping cameras used in Antarctica. He conducted GPS observations during the USGS – Ohio State University Transantarctic Mountains Deformation Project in the summer of 1999–2000.^[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Johnson Spire" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).