Mount Lopez

Mount Lopez

Mount Lopez (72°0′S 101°41′W / 72°S 101.683°W / -72; -101.683) is a peak of the Walker Mountains, located 5 miles (8 kilometres) east of Landfall Peak in the west part of Thurston Island. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ensign Maxwell A. Lopez, U.S. Navy, a member of the expedition who lost his life in a seaplane crash at Thurston Island on December 30, 1946.

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