Greer Peak
| Greer Peak | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Denfeld Mountains , Ford Ranges | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ S , 144 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Greer Peak is a prominent mountain in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the Denfeld Mountains of the Ford Ranges , it is the northernmost elevation of the Vienna Peaks .
Scientists from the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) mapped it. The American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd , who led this expedition, named the mountain after William E. R. Greer (1918–2011), his personal doctor in the 1950s.
Web links
- Greer Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Greer Peak on geographic.org (English)