Mount Moses
Mount Moses (74°33′S 99°11′W / 74.550°S 99.183°WCoordinates: 74°33′S 99°11′W / 74.550°S 99.183°W) is, at 750 metres (2,460 ft), the highest and most prominent of the Hudson Mountains of Antarctica, located near the center of the group, about 14 nautical miles (26 km) north-northeast of Mount Manthe. It was mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in 1946–47, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for , a geomagnetist and seismologist at Byrd Station in 1967.[1]
See also[]
- Mountains in Antarctica
References[]
- ^ "Mount Moses". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
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Categories:
- Hudson Mountains
- Mountains of Ellsworth Land
- Volcanoes of Ellsworth Land
- Stratovolcanoes
- Miocene volcanoes
- Ellsworth Land geography stubs