Mendenhall Peak is a
peak Peak or The Peak may refer to:
Basic meanings Geology
* Mountain peak
** Pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point Mathematics
* Peak hour or rush hour, in traffic congestion
* Peak (geometry), an (''n''-3)-di ...
, high, standing west of
Mount Wrather in the eastern part of the
Thiel Mountains
The Thiel Mountains are an isolated, mainly snow-capped mountain range of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in the Ellsworth Land region of Antarctica.
The mountain range is long, and is located roughly between the Horlick Mountai ...
of Antarctica. The name, proposed by
Peter Bermel and
Arthur B. Ford, co-leaders of the
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, ...
(USGS) Thiel Mountains party which surveyed these mountains in 1960–61, is for
Walter C. Mendenhall, who was, from 1931 to 1943, the fifth director of the USGS.
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See also
* Mountains in Antarctica
This is a list of all the Ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Antarctica. Some islands in the South Atlantic have also been included and can be found at the end of the list.
Antarctica
South Atl ...
References
Mountains of Ellsworth Land
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