Lyon Peak
| Lyon Peak | ||
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| height | 1000 m | |
| location | Trinity Island , Palmer Archipelago , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 47 '17 " S , 60 ° 47' 51" W | |
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The Lyan peak is around 1000 m high mountain on the Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises south of Milburn Bay on the west side of the island.
Aerial photographs of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1955–1957) from 1956 were used to map it. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1960 after Percy Comyn Lyon (1862-1952) from the British Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and chairman of the inter-ministerial committee for the exploration and development of the British Antarctic Territories of 1917 to 1920.
Web links
- Lyon peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lyon Peak on geographic.org (English)