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[[File:Mount-Cumming.png|350px|thumb|Map of Mount Cumming showing Le Vaux Peak]] | [[File:Mount-Cumming.png|350px|thumb|Map of Mount Cumming showing Le Vaux Peak]] | ||
'''Le Vaux Peak''' (76°40′S 125°43′W) is a 2,590 meter peak on the east side of the crater rim of [[Mount Cumming]] in the [[ | '''Le Vaux Peak''' (76°40′S 125°43′W) is a 2,590 meter peak on the east side of the crater rim of [[Mount Cumming]] in the [[McHenry Range]] of Werstarctica. | ||
==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
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==Duke of Le Vaux== | ==Duke of Le Vaux== | ||
On 7 July 2005, the [[Peerage of Westarctica|hereditary title]] of [[Duke of Le Vaux]] was granted to the eccentric Peruvian nobleman Dr. Javier Gold Ferrari, a longtime supporter of [[Westarctica]]. | On 7 July 2005, the [[Peerage of Westarctica|hereditary title]] of [[Duke of Le Vaux]] was granted to the eccentric Peruvian nobleman Dr. Javier Gold Ferrari, a longtime supporter of [[Westarctica]]. | ||
==Protection by the government== | |||
On 20 April 2025, [[Grand Duke Travis]] protected the peak under the oversight of the [[Westarctican Parks Service]] as part of [[McHenry Range Conservation Zone]]. It was protected in the first group of sites named by the government. | |||
[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:47, 28 April 2025
Le Vaux Peak (76°40′S 125°43′W) is a 2,590 meter peak on the east side of the crater rim of Mount Cumming in the McHenry Range of Werstarctica.
Discovery and name
Le Vaux Peak was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken during the years 1958-60. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Howard A. Le Vaux, an auroral physicist at Byrd Station in 1959. He was also a member of the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party during the 1959-60 research season.
Duke of Le Vaux
On 7 July 2005, the hereditary title of Duke of Le Vaux was granted to the eccentric Peruvian nobleman Dr. Javier Gold Ferrari, a longtime supporter of Westarctica.
Protection by the government
On 20 April 2025, Grand Duke Travis protected the peak under the oversight of the Westarctican Parks Service as part of McHenry Range Conservation Zone. It was protected in the first group of sites named by the government.