Langford Peak
| Langford Peak | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 37 '0 " S , 134 ° 43' 0" W | |
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The Langford Peak is an isolated mountain in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It rises 3 km west of the lower section of the Reedy Glacier and 8 km northwest of the Abbey Nunatak .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Lawrence G. Langford Jr., construction worker on the Byrd station in the Antarctic winter 1967.
Web links
- Langford Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Langford Peak on geographic.org (English)