Mount Lanzerotti

Mount Lanzerotti

Mount Lanzerotti (74°50′S 71°33′W / 74.833°S 71.55°W / -74.833; -71.55) is the northernmost of the Sky-Hi Nunataks, rising to about 1,550 m in Palmer Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1987 after Louis J. Lanzerotti, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, a Principal Investigator for upper atmosphere research at Siple Station and South Pole Station for many years from 1970; Member, Polar Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 1982–90; Chairman, Committee on Antarctic Policy and Science, 1992-93.

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