Long Peak

Long Peak
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height	1200 m
location	Ellsworthland , West Antarctica
Mountains	Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains
Coordinates	78 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ S , 83 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ W Coordinates: 78 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ S , 83 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ W

The Long Peak is a 1200 m high mountain made of bare rock in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises 11 km east-northeast of Mount Landolt in the southeast part of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains . He belongs to the Petvar Heights .

The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and with the help of aerial photographs of the United States Navy from the years 1957 to 1959. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1984 after the US medical doctor James W. Long of the National Science Foundation who advised on health issues related to staying in Antarctica for a period of ten years .

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