Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Lanyon, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Lanyon (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain (2a)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A large mountain about 11 mi S of Taylor Platform in the Prince Charles Mountains. The mountain is divided in the S by a small, plateau-fed glacier and an area of moraine extends eastward from the mountain for 8 miles. Plotted from ANARE air photos of 1956 and 1960. Named by ANCA for J.H. Lanyon, officer in charge at Wilkes Station in 1965.
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