Lamping Peak
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Lamping Peak is a rock peak
standing between Prebble and Wyckoff Glaciers, on the western slopes of the Queen Alexandra Range
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for John T. Lamping, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geomagnetist at South Pole Station, 1961.
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...
standing between Prebble and Wyckoff Glaciers, on the western slopes of the Queen Alexandra Range
Queen Alexandra Range
The Queen Alexandra Range is a major mountain range in East Antarctica, about 160 km long, bordering the entire western side of Beardmore Glacier from the Polar Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf. Alternate names for this range include Alexandra Mountains, Alexandra Range and Königin Alexandra...
. 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 John T. Lamping, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geomagnetist at South Pole Station, 1961.