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Chang Peak

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Chang Peak (77°4′S 126°38′W) is a snow-covered subsidiary peak, 2,920 metres (9,580 ft) high, on the northeastern slope of Mount Waesche, in the Executive Committee Range, Marie Byrd Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy trimetrogon photography, 1958–60, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Feng-Keng (Frank) Chang, Traverse Seismologist at Byrd Station, 1959, and a member of the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party that explored this area, 1959–60.

Map of Chang Peak, Antarctica

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