Mount Lopez
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Mount Lopez () is a peak of the Walker Mountains, located 5 miles (8 kilometres) east of Landfall Peak in the west part of Thurston Island. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ensign Maxwell A. Lopez, U.S. Navy, a member of the expedition who lost his life in a seaplane crash at Thurston Island on December 30, 1946.
References
- Query form for Antarctica. Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. (public domain source for article).
