Le Vaux Peak
| Le Vaux Peak | ||
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 Topographic map of Mount Cumming (below) with Le Vaux Peak |
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| height | 2590 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Executive Committee Range | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ S , 125 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Le Vaux Peak is a small summit , which with a height of 2590 m on the eastern edge of the crater of the extinct volcano Mount Cumming in the Executive Committee Range in West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land rises.
The United States Geological Survey mapped the mountain on the basis of its own measurements and with the help of Trimetrogon aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1958 and 1960. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after the American aurora physicist Howard A. Le Vaux, who in 1959 on the Byrd Station and was part of an exploration team in Marie Byrd Land from 1959 to 1960.
Web links
- Le Vaux peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Le Vaux Peak on geographic.org (English)