Larson Crag
| Larson Crag | ||
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| height | 1600 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Convoy Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Larson Crag is a striking, rocky and over 1600 m high mountain peak in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Convoy Range, it looms at the north end of Staten Island Heights .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1965 after Wesley Larson (* 1922), commander of USCGC Staten Island in Antarctic waters from 1959 to 1960.
Web links
- Larson Crag in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Larson Crag on geographic.org (English)