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Newsletter George I Mount Lopez Newsletter


Killed In Action        December 30, 1946        Killed In Action

MOUNT LOPEZ



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 	Dome, Mesa, Monolith, Mountain, Platform, Rise
 	Location 	
 	Latitude: 	72° 01' 00.0" S 	(-72.0166667°)
 	Longitude: 	101° 53' 00.0" W 	(-101.8833333°)
 	Altitude: 		
 	Confidence in position: 	

 	A peak of the Walker Mountains, located 5 mi E of Landfall Peak in the W 
 	part of Thurston Island. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. 
 	Operation Highjump,  1946-47.

	Named by US-ACAN for Ens. Maxwell A. Lopez, USN, a member of the expedition
	who lost his life in a seaplane crash at Thurston Island on Dec. 30, 1946.


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