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)
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Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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Le Vaux Peak (USA) | 76° 40' 00.0" S | 125° 43' 00.0" W | Peak |
Name ID: 127883
Place ID: 8245
A small peak on the east side of the crater rim of Mount Cumming in the Executive Committee Range, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1958-60. Named by US-ACAN for Howard A. Le Vaux, auroral physicist at Byrd Station, 1959, and a member of the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party, 1959-60. |
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