Bingham Peak (Antarctica)
| Bingham Peak | ||
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| height | 1540 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Weber's Peaks , Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ S , 84 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Bingham Peak is a pointed 1540 m high peak located about 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) southeast of Springer Peak in the Webers Peaks in the West Antarctic Heritage Range .
On-site expeditions found fossils at Bingham Peak , including trilobites and mollusks from the Late Cambrian .
Bingham Peak was mapped by the United States Geological Survey as part of the survey of the Ellsworth Mountains in 1961-66 through field surveys and aerial photographs by the United States Navy . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Joseph P. Bingham, a polar light researcher who worked at the American research station Eights Station in 1965 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bingham Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 16, 2010.
- ↑ Gerald F. Webers, Campbell Craddock, John F. Splettstoesser: Geology and paleontology of the Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica . Geological Society of America , Boulder 1992, ISBN 0813711703