O'Leary Peak

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O'Leary Peak
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height 1040  m
location Ross Dependency , Antarctica
Mountains Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates 84 ° 27 ′ 0 ″  S , 179 ° 14 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 84 ° 27 ′ 0 ″  S , 179 ° 14 ′ 0 ″  W
O'Leary Peak (Antarctica)
O'Leary Peak
1965 map of the Dufek Coast, O'Leary Peak near the center of the western edge of the map

1965 map of the Dufek Coast , O'Leary Peak near the center of the western edge of the map

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The O'Leary Peak is a 1,040  m high and snowy in some mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . As the northernmost peak of the mountain range, it rises along the eastern flank of the Erickson Glacier directly at its confluence with the Ross Ice Shelf .

The mountain was discovered and photographed during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) during an overflight between February 29 and March 1, 1940. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1962 after the construction worker Paul V. O ' Leary of the United States Navy Reserve Forces in Argentina , who was killed accidentally drinking methanol at a ceremony on November 28, 1959.

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