Mayo Peak
| Mayo Peak | ||
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 Topographic map with Mayo Peak (below center) |
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| height | 300 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Jones Bluffs | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ S , 110 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Mayo Peak is a 300 m high mountain with a flattened summit in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . On the Bear Peninsula on the Walgreen Coast , it forms the southern end of the Jones Bluffs .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1977 after Elbert A. Mayo Jr. of the US Navy, flight engineer of an LC 130 Hercules in five campaigns of Operation Deep Freeze .
Web links
- Mayo peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mayo Peak on geographic.org (English)