Leister Peak
| Leister Peak | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land | |
| Mountains | Kohler Range | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ S , 113 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Leister Peak is a mountain in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It rises 5 km north of Early Bluff in the Kohler Range .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Geoffrey L. Leister, biologist of the United States Antarctic Research Program to explore Marie -Byrd-Lands from 1966 to 1967.
Web links
- Leister Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Leister Peak on geographic.org (English)