Lanyon Peak

Lanyon Peak (77°15′S 161°42′E / 77.250°S 161.700°E / -77.250; 161.700Coordinates: 77°15′S 161°42′E / 77.250°S 161.700°E / -77.250; 161.700) is a sharp rock peak 2.5 nautical miles (5 km) east of Victoria Upper Glacier in the Saint Johns Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Margaret C. Lanyon, a New Zealand national who for many years in the 1960s and 1970s served in a secretarial and administrative capacity with the U.S. Antarctic Research Program, in Christchurch.[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Lanyon Peak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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