Lester Peak (Antarctica)

Lester Peak
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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 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.

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