Baldwin Peak
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Baldwin Peak is a peak
between Lilienthal Glacier
and Mount Berry
in northern Graham Land
. It was photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in 1956–57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
in 1960 for Thomas Scott Baldwin
, American inventor of the vent opening which gives control and stability to parachutes.
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
between Lilienthal Glacier
Lilienthal Glacier
Lilienthal Glacier is a glacier flowing west into Cayley Glacier between Pilcher and Baldwin Peaks, on the west coast of Graham Land. Photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in 1956–57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey...
and Mount Berry
Mount Berry (Antarctica)
Mount Berry is a mountain 3 miles southeast of Baldwin Peak, near the head of Cayley Glacier in northern Graham Land. It was photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in 1956-57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey...
in northern Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
. It was photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition in 1956–57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
in 1960 for Thomas Scott Baldwin
Thomas Scott Baldwin
Thomas Scott Baldwin was a pioneer balloonist and U.S. Army major during World War I. He was the first American to descend from a balloon by parachute.-Early career:...
, American inventor of the vent opening which gives control and stability to parachutes.