Mount Crowder

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Mount Crowder
Highest point
Elevation2,485 m (8,153 ft)
Coordinates72°3′S 166°23′E / 72.050°S 166.383°E / -72.050; 166.383Coordinates: 72°3′S 166°23′E / 72.050°S 166.383°E / -72.050; 166.383
Geography
LocationBorchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeMonteath Hills in the Victory Mountains

Mount Crowder is a prominent mountain, 2,485 metres (8,150 ft) high, located 6 nautical miles (11 km) northeast of Mount Tararua in the Monteath Hills of the Victory Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for , a geologist at Hallett Station in the summer of 1964–65. [1]

References[]

  1. ^ "Crowder, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-12-06.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Crowder, Mount". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)


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