Marks Peak
Marks Peak (76°30′S 125°45′W / 76.500°S 125.750°WCoordinates: 76°30′S 125°45′W / 76.500°S 125.750°W) is the ultimate summit, at 3,325 metres (10,909 ft) high, on the south side of the crater rim of Mount Hampton, in the Executive Committee Range of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy trimetrogon photography, 1958–60, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Keith E. Marks, an electronics engineer at the National Bureau of Standards, and a member of the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party, 1959–60.[1]
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- ^ "Marks Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
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