Snyder Peak
| Snyder Peak | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Jones Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ S , 93 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Snyder Peak is a low and icy mountains in the West Antarctic Ellsworth Land . In the Jones Mountains, it rises 1.5 km southwest of the Anderson Dome .
A University of Minnesota crew that explored the Jones Mountains between 1960 and 1961 named it after the aircraft electrician David Snyder of the United States Navy's VX-6 squadron , who pioneered a Douglas DC-47 from the Byrd in November 1961. Station to the Eights coast was involved.
Web links
- Snyder Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Snyder Peak on geographic.org (English)