Sladen Summit
Appearance
Sladen Summit (78°7′S 162°23′E / 78.117°S 162.383°E) is a prominent peak rising to 3,395 m at the intersection of the Johns Hopkins Ridge and Rampart Ridge, in the Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1994 after William J.L. Sladen, an American of British birth; Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) medical officer at Hope Bay (1948–49) and Signy Island (1950–51); United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) principal investigator (penguins) at Cape Crozier for many years.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Sladen Summit". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.