Walters Peak

Walters Peak
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height	2430 m
location	Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica
Mountains	Wisconsin Range , Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates	85 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ S , 128 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ W Coordinates: 85 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ S , 128 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ W

The Walters peak is 2,430 m high and pointed mountain in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . In the Horlick Mountains, it rises from a ridge on the north slope of the Wisconsin Range between Faure Peak and Lentz Buttress .

The United States Geological Survey mapped the mountain using its own surveys and aerial photographs by the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Lieutenant Commander Robert E. Walters, who was on the McMurdo for the winter occupation in 1960 Station had heard.

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