Lester Peak (Antarctica)

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Lester Peak
location Ellsworthland , West Antarctica
Mountains Edson Hills , Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains
Coordinates 79 ° 49 ′ 0 ″  S , 83 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 79 ° 49 ′ 0 ″  S , 83 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  W
Lester Peak (Antarctica) (Antarctica)
Lester Peak (Antarctica)
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Lester Peak is an ice-free peak south of the Hyde Glacier in the Edson Hills in the West Antarctic Heritage Range .

The mountain was mapped by the United States Geological Survey as part of the survey of the area in 1961-1966 through field surveys and aerial photography by the United States Navy . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1966 after Lester A. Johnson, who had worked as a meteorologist at the American research station Little America V in 1958.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Lester Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 16, 2010.