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Marks Peak (76°30′S 125°45′W / 76.5°S 125.75°W) is a rocky peak (3,325 m) on the south side of the crater rim of Mount Hampton, in the Executive Committee Range of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy trimetrogon photography, 1958-60. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Keith E. Marks, electronics engineer, National Bureau of Standards, a member of the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party, 1959-60.
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