Walgreen Peak
| Walgreen Peak | ||
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| height | 570 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sarnoff Mountains , Ford Ranges | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ S , 145 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Walgreen peak is 570 m high and prominent mountain in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the Ford Ranges it forms the northwestern foothills of the Sarnoff Mountains .
Scientists of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941) under the direction of polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd mapped it. Byrd named him after the American entrepreneur Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr. (1906–2007), son of the founder of the Walgreens pharmacy chain and Vice President of this company from 1933 to 1939, who had contributed malted milk powder as provisions for the research trip.
Web links
- Walgreen peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Walgreen Peak on geographic.org (English)