Hageman Peak () is a montane landform pinnacle rising to about at the northwest end of the Staccato Peaks in southern

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. The peak was photographed from the air by

Lincoln Ellsworth Lincoln Ellsworth (May 12, 1880 – May 26, 1951) was a polar explorer from the United States and a major benefactor of the American Museum of Natural History. Biography Lincoln Ellsworth was born on May 12, 1880, to James Ellsworth and Eva F ...

in 1935, and was named by the

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for Lieutenant Commander Roger H. Hageman,

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, an

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aircraft commander during

Operation Deep Freeze Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz or ODF) is codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on. (There w ...

, 1969.

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