Landers Peaks
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 25 ′ S , 71 ° 12 ′ W | |
The Landers Peaks are a group of up to 1000 m high mountains in the north of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . They rise 6 km east of Mount Braun between the Palestrina Glacier and the Nichols Snowfield .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them after Commander Robert J. Landers of the United States Navy , pilot of an LC-130 Hercules of the VXE-6 flight squadron in Operation Deep Freeze in 1965 and 1966.
Web links
- Landers peaks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Landers Peaks on geographic.org (English)