Landfall Peak
| Landfall Peak | ||
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| location | Thurston Island , Ellsworthland | |
| Mountains | Walker Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S , 102 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Landfall Peak ( English for landing tip is) a prominent mountain in the far west of Thurston Island before Eights Coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworthlands . In the Walker Mountains it rises 13 km east-northeast of Cape Flying Fish .
Participants in the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) discovered and photographed it during overflights in February 1940. It was mapped using aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy as part of Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The mountain was explored during the Fon of the US Navy research expedition into the Bellingshausen Sea in February 1960. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1960 as the rocky outcrops of the mountain as a landmark for the landing of ships on the west coast of Thurston Island served.
Web links
- Landfall peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Landfall Peak on geographic.org (English)