Whiting Peak () is a
peak (c.1300 m) located 5.5 nautical miles (10 km) east of the north part of
Gaylord Ridge Gaylord Ridge () is a solitary north–south ridge, long, located northwest of Eilers Peak in the western part of the Nebraska Peaks. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after D.R. Gaylord of the University of Nebraska, a m ...
in
Nebraska Peaks. Named by
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.
History
The committee was established ...
(US-ACAN) after
L. Whiting
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, ...
, a member of the
United States Antarctic Research Program
The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the A ...
(USARP) geophysical field party,
Ross Ice Shelf Project, 1973–74 and 1974-75 field seasons.
It has an elevation of 307 metres (1007 ft) and a prominence of 27 metres (89 ft) in the Metacomet Ridge.
Mountains of Oates Land
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