Fairchild Peak
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Fairchild Peak is a conspicuous rock peak, 2,180 m, standing 1.6 nautical miles (3.0 km) south-southeast of Portal Rock
, at the south side of the mouth of Tillite Glacier
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for William W. Fairchild, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) cosmic rays scientist at McMurdo Sound
, 1961.
Portal Rock
Portal Rock is a turret-like rock knob in Queen Alexandra Range, standing 1.5 nautical miles northwest of Fairchild Peak, just south of the mouth of Tillite Glacier. So named by the Ohio State University geology party because the only safe route to Tillite Glacier lies between this rock and...
, at the south side of the mouth of Tillite Glacier
Tillite Glacier
Tillite Glacier is a tributary glacier flowing northwest from Pagoda Peak in Queen Alexandra Range to join Lennox-King Glacier north of Fairchild Peak. So named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition because it contains outcrops of ancient moraine , indicative of glacial action in...
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for William W. Fairchild, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) cosmic rays scientist at McMurdo Sound
McMurdo Sound
The ice-clogged waters of Antarctica's McMurdo Sound extend about 55 km long and wide. The sound opens into the Ross Sea to the north. The Royal Society Range rises from sea level to 13,205 feet on the western shoreline. The nearby McMurdo Ice Shelf scribes McMurdo Sound's southern boundary...
, 1961.