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Mount Spencer is a peak

Summit (topography)

In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...

1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Mount Darling

Mount Darling

Mount Darling is a highest peak of the Allegheny Mountains, standing 1 nautical mile west of Mount Swartley in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered on aerial flights from the West Base of United States Antarctic Service in 1940, and named for Professor Chester A. Darling of...

in the Allegheny Mountains

Allegheny Mountains

The Allegheny Mountain Range , also spelled Alleghany, Allegany and, informally, the Alleghenies, is part of the vast Appalachian Mountain Range of the eastern United States and Canada...

of the Ford Ranges

Ford Ranges

The Ford Ranges is a grouping of mountain ranges standing east of Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica...

, 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...

. Discovered on aerial flights from West Base of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939–41) and named for Herbert R. Spencer of Erie, PA, the Sea Scout

Sea Scout

Sea Scouts are members of the international Scouting movement, with a particular emphasis on water-based activities, such as kayaking, canoeing, sailing, and rowing. Depending on the country and the available water these activities are on lakes, rivers or sea in small or large ships. Sea Scouting...

commander of Paul Siple, leader of the West Base party of that expedition.

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