Clark Peak (Antarctica)
| Clark Peak | ||
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| height | 645 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ S , 154 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Clark Peak is a 645 m high and rocky mountains in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It rises from a cliff on the west side of the Larson Glacier in the north of the Edward VII Peninsula .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs by the United States Navy from 1964 to 1967. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1966 after Leroy Clark (* 1895), a member of the winter team on the second Antarctic expedition (1933 –1935) by the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd .
Web links
- Clark Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Clark Peak on geographic.org (English)