Rand Peak (80°6′S 159°30′E) is a prominent peak (1510 m) in the south part of Nebraska Peaks, Britannia Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after John H. Rand, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), who drilled ice core at site J-9 (82?22'S, 168?40'W) during the Ross Ice Shelf Project, austral summers 1974-75 and 1976-77.
Map of Rand Peak, Antarctica
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Rand Peak" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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