Landmark Peak
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Landmark Peak is a very prominent peak
, 1,840 m, standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) south of Minnesota Glacier
on the east side of Gowan Glacier
, in the Heritage Range
. So named by the University of Minnesota
Geological Party to these mountains, 1963–64, because the peak is a well used reference point for pilots flying in the area.
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...
, 1,840 m, standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) south of Minnesota Glacier
Minnesota Glacier
Minnesota Glacier is a broad glacier in Antarctica. It is about 64 km long and 8 km wide, and flows east through the Ellsworth Mountains, separating the Sentinel and Heritage ranges. It is nourished by ice from the plateau west of the mountains and by the Nimitz and Splettstoesser...
on the east side of Gowan Glacier
Gowan Glacier
Gowan Glacier is a glacier about 15 nautical miles long in the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, flowing north from the vicinity of Cunningham Peak in the Founders Escarpment to enter Minnesota Glacier just east of Welcome Nunatak. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys...
, in the Heritage Range
Heritage Range
The Heritage Range is a major mountain range, long and wide, situated southward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the southern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica...
. So named by the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
Geological Party to these mountains, 1963–64, because the peak is a well used reference point for pilots flying in the area.