Kessler Peak () is a conspicuous cone-shaped peak, high, in the
Queen Alexandra Range of Antarctica, standing at the east side of
Lennox-King Glacier
Lennox-King Glacier is a large valley glacier, about long, draining Bowden Névé and flowing northeast between the Holland Range and the Queen Alexandra Range of Antarctica to enter Richards Inlet, Ross Ice Shelf. It was named by the New Zealand ...
, west-southwest of
Mount Rotolante. It was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.
History
The committee was established ...
for Captain
Charles L. Kessler,
U.S. Navy, Director of
Selective Service System
The Selective Service System (SSS) is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the Federal government of the United States, United States government that maintains information on U.S. Citizenship of the Unite ...
for
Virginia. Kessler was a member of the ship's party on the
Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–30) and revisited Antarctica in 1962 and 1965.
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References
Mountains of the Ross Dependency
Shackleton Coast
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