La Gorce Peak
| La Gorce Peak | ||
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| height | 822 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Alexandra Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ S , 153 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The La Gorce Peak is a striking and 822 m high mountain in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It rises 13 km southwest of Mount Josephine and forms the southern end of the Alexandra Mountains .
It was discovered in February 1929 during the first Antarctic expedition (1928–1930) of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . This named the mountain after John Oliver La Gorce (1880-1959), editor of National Geographic .
Web links
- La Gorce Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- La Gorce Peak on geographic.org (English)