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==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
Mount Schopf was surveyed by the U.S. [[Antarctic]] Research Program [[Horlick Mountains]] Traverse party in December 1958. It was named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for James M. Schopf. Schopf was a geologist in the USGS Coal and Geology Laboratory in Columbus, Ohio, who greatly assisted the field geologist by analyzing coal and related rock specimens from this mountain. Schopf was also a member of the Horlick Mountains Party during the 1961-62 season. | Mount Schopf was surveyed by the U.S. [[Antarctic]] Research Program [[Horlick Mountains]] Traverse party in December 1958. It was named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for James M. Schopf. Schopf was a geologist in the USGS Coal and Geology Laboratory in Columbus, Ohio, who greatly assisted the field geologist by analyzing coal and related rock specimens from this mountain. Schopf was also a member of the Horlick Mountains Party during the 1961-62 season. | ||
==Peerage Title== | |||
On 6 August 2020, Larissa Königs, a longtime supporter of [[Westarctica]] who was originally granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] Baroness of [[Cadenazzi Rock|Cadenazzi]] in 2018, was elevated in status to the dignity of Countess of Schopf. This change in title was intended to recognize her merit as a reporter and celebrate the numerous articles she had written about [[micronations]] for the German media. | |||
[[Category:Mountains]] | [[Category:Mountains]] | ||