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Sladen Summit

Coordinates: 78°7′S 162°23′E / 78.117°S 162.383°E / -78.117; 162.383
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Sladen Summit (78°7′S 162°23′E / 78.117°S 162.383°E / -78.117; 162.383) 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.

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