McPherson Peak

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.

Sentinel Range map.

McPherson Peak (78°32′S 84°42′W / 78.533°S 84.7°W / -78.533; -84.7) is a peak (2,200 m) located at the west side of the head of Remington Glacier, in Doyran Heights, the Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. First mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957-59. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for William C. McPherson, Jr., Navy radioman at the South Pole Station in 1957.

Maps

• Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.

References

• SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer

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

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