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Merrem Peak (76°3′S 136°3′W / 76.05°S 136.05°W) is a prominent peak of 3,000 m that is the secondary summit and is located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Berlin Crater on the Mount Berlin massif, in Marie Byrd Land. The peak was discovered and charted by the Pacific Coast Survey Party, led by Leonard Berlin, of the U.S. Antarctic Service in December 1940. Subsequently mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Frank H. Merrem, Jr., ionospheric physicist and Scientific Leader at South Pole Station, 1970.
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