Mount Dover
| Mount Dover | |
|---|---|
  Mount Dover | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,645 m (5,397 ft) |
| Coordinates | 83°46′S 55°50′W / 83.767°S 55.833°WCoordinates: 83°46′S 55°50′W / 83.767°S 55.833°W |
| Geography | |
| Location |  Pensacola Mountains |
| Parent range | Neptune Range |
Mount Dover is a mountain in Antarctica, 1,645 metres (5,400 ft) high, surmounting the southeast end of Gale Ridge where the ridge abuts the Washington Escarpment, in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for , a geologist with the Patuxent Range field party in 1962–63.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Dover, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
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