Langley Peak
| Langley Peak | ||
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| height | 920 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 2 ′ 29 ″ S , 60 ° 36 ′ 16 ″ W | |
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The Langley peak is about 920 m high mountain on the Davis Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 3 miles east of Curtiss Bay from the western end of the Wright Piedmont Glacier .
Aerial photos by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from 1955 to 1957 were used to map it. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the American astrophysicist and aviation pioneer Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834–1906), who opened the Aërodrome No. 5 had developed one of the first airworthy aircraft models with a motor drive.
Web links
- Langley Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Langley Peak on geographic.org (English)