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Long Peak
Long Peak
is a bare rock
peak
, high, on the extended ridge line, east-northeast of
Mount Landolt
in the
Petvar Heights
of the southeast
Sentinel Range
in the
Ellsworth Mountains
of
Antarctica
. It overlooks the lower courses of
Drama Glacier
to the north and
Gabare Glacier
to the south. The peak was mapped by the
United States Geological Survey
from surveys and
U.S. Navy
aerial photographs from 1957–59, and was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
in 1984 after James W. Long, a
National Science Foundation
physician and consultant on Antarctic health matters for 10 years.
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Longs Peak
Longs Peak
is a
high
and
prominent
mountain
summit
in the northern
Front Range
of the
Rocky Mountains
of
North America
. The
fourteener
is located in the
Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness
, southwest by south (
bearing
209°) of the
Town of Estes Park
,
Colorado
,
United States
. Longs Peak is the northernmost fourteener in the Rocky Mountains and the
highest point
in
Boulder County
and
Rocky Mountain National Park
. The mountain was named in honor of explorer
Stephen Harriman Long
and is featured on the Colorado state quarter.
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