Mount Emerson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mount Emerson
Highest point
Elevation2,190 m (7,190 ft)
Coordinates71°35′S 168°44′E / 71.583°S 168.733°E / -71.583; 168.733Coordinates: 71°35′S 168°44′E / 71.583°S 168.733°E / -71.583; 168.733
Geography
LocationPennell Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeAdmiralty Mountains

Mount Emerson (

 WikiMiniAtlas
71°35′S 168°44′E / 71.583°S 168.733°E / -71.583; 168.733) is a mountain 2,190 metres (7,200 ft) high, 5 nautical miles (9 km) east-southeast of Brewer Peak in the southern part of the DuBridge Range in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The topographical feature was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for , a U.S. Navy Steelworker at McMurdo Station, Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, 1967.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ "Emerson, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-03-01.

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


Retrieved from ""