Mount Darling
Mount Darling (77°15′S 143°20′W / 77.250°S 143.333°WCoordinates: 77°15′S 143°20′W / 77.250°S 143.333°W) is the highest peak of the Allegheny Mountains, standing 1 nautical mile (2 km) west of Mount Swartley in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. The prominence is 998m/3,274ft., the proportional prominence is 1,730m and the elevation is 2,676m.[1] It was discovered on aerial flights from the West Base of the United States Antarctic Service in 1940, and named for Professor of Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania.[2]
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- ^ "Mount Darling". PeakVisor. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ^ "Darling, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
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- Ford Ranges
- Marie Byrd Land geography stubs