Mayo Peak
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Mayo Peak is a flattish summit (about 300 m) which forms the south end of Jones Bluffs
, Bear Peninsula
, on the Walgreen Coast
of Marie Byrd Land
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) in 1977 after Elbert A. Mayo, Jr., of U.S. Navy Squadron VXE-6
, flight engineer on LC-130 aircraft, who participated in five Operation Deepfreeze deployments.
Jones Bluffs
Jones Bluffs is a high, mainly snow-covered bluffs rising south of Holt Glacier in the east part of Bear Peninsula, Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. First mapped by United States Geological Survey from air photos obtained by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947. Named by Advisory...
, Bear Peninsula
Bear Peninsula
Bear Peninsula is a peninsula about 80 km long and 40 km wide which is ice covered except for several isolated rock bluffs and outcrops along its margins, lying 48 km 30 mi) east of Martin Peninsula on Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land.First delineated from aerial photographs...
, on the Walgreen Coast
Walgreen Coast
The Walgreen Coast is a portion of the coast of Antarctica between Cape Herlacher and Cape Waite, or between Bakutis Coast in the west, and Eights Coast. It is the easternmost part of Marie Byrd Land. It stretches from 114°12'W to 103°24'W. Eights Coast to the east is already part of Ellsworth Land...
of Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land is the portion of West Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approximately to a line between the head of the Ross Ice Shelf and Eights Coast. It stretches between 158°W and 103°24'W...
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) in 1977 after Elbert A. Mayo, Jr., of U.S. Navy Squadron VXE-6
VXE-6
VXE-6, Antarctic Development Squadron 6 , commonly referred to by its nickname, The Puckered Penguins was a United States Navy Air Test and Evaluation Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica...
, flight engineer on LC-130 aircraft, who participated in five Operation Deepfreeze deployments.