Difference between revisions of "Marks Peak"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Westarctica (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Marks Peak''' (Coordinates: 76°30′S 125°45′W) is a rocky peak, 3,325 (10,910 ft) high, on the south side of the crater rim of Mount Hampton, in the Executive Co...") |
m (changed Executive Committee Range to McHenry Range) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Marks Peak''' (Coordinates: 76°30′S 125°45′W) is a rocky peak, 3,325 (10,910 ft) high, on the south side of the crater rim of [[Mount Hampton]], in the [[ | '''Marks Peak''' (Coordinates: 76°30′S 125°45′W) is a rocky peak, 3,325 (10,910 ft) high, on the south side of the crater rim of [[Mount Hampton]], in the [[McHenry Range]] of [[Westarctica]]. | ||
==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
Revision as of 15:15, 14 January 2025
Marks Peak (Coordinates: 76°30′S 125°45′W) is a rocky peak, 3,325 (10,910 ft) high, on the south side of the crater rim of Mount Hampton, in the McHenry Range of Westarctica.
Discovery and name
The peak was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy trimetrogon photography, 1958–60. Marks Peak was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in honor of Keith E. Marks, an electronics engineer at the National Bureau of Standards, and a member of the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party, 1959–60.