Mount Lanyon

Mount Lanyon

Mount Lanyon (71°15′S 67°10′E / 71.25°S 67.167°E / -71.25; 67.167) is a large mountain about 11 nautical miles (20 km) south of Taylor Platform in the Prince Charles Mountains. The mountain is divided in the south by a small, plateau-fed glacier and an area of moraine extends eastward from the mountain for 8 miles. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos of 1956 and 1960. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for J.H. Lanyon, officer in charge at Wilkes Station in 1965.

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