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[[File:C86135s1 Ant.Map Mount Blackburn.jpg|thumb|Map of the Gothic Mountains (at top) along with the La Gorce Mountains (bottom) and the Van Reeth Glacier (between)]] | |||
* '''Altar Peak''' (86°4′S 150°23′W) is a peak (1,780 m) located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east-southeast of Mount Harkness. The feature was first visited in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under [[Quin Blackburn]]. The descriptive name was suggested by Edmund Stump, leader of a United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP)-Arizona State University geological party which studied this peak, 1987-88. | * '''Altar Peak''' (86°4′S 150°23′W) is a peak (1,780 m) located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east-southeast of Mount Harkness. The feature was first visited in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under [[Quin Blackburn]]. The descriptive name was suggested by Edmund Stump, leader of a United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP)-Arizona State University geological party which studied this peak, 1987-88. | ||