Mount Lopez ( ) is a peak of the Walker Mountains , located east of Landfall Peak in the western part of Thurston Island , Antarctica . It was delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump , 1946 – 47 , and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Ensign Maxwell A. Lopez of the U.S. Navy , a member of the expedition who lost his life in a seaplane crash at Thurston Island on December 30 , 1946
seaplane crash
1946 Antarctica PBM Mariner crash
Mount Lopez