Fields Peak
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 Topographic map (1: 250,000) of the Flood Range with Mount Berlin and Fields Peak (left) |
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Flood range | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ S , 135 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Fields Peak is a small yet distinctive peaks in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the Flood Range it rises 4 km southeast of the Brandenberger Bluff on the lower northern slope of Mount Berlin .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from the years 1959 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1974 after Master Sergeant Samuel J. Fields of the United States Navy, who served in 1956 Path laying from Little America V station to the location of the Byrd station , which was later built there, was involved.
Web links
- Fields peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fields Peak on geographic.org (English)