Beagle Peak
| Beagle Peak | ||
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| height | 700 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Lassus Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 36 '14 " S , 71 ° 39' 25" W | |
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The Beagle Peak is an approximately 700 m high mountain on the West Antarctic Alexander Island . It rises in the center of the Lassus Mountains .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1980 after Lieutenant Commander Clyde Alander Beagle Jr. (1935-2005) of the United States Navy , commander of an LC-130 of the VXE-6 flight squadron in Operation Deep Freeze in 1969 and 1970.
Web links
- Beagle Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Beagle Peak on geographic.org (English)