Smith Knob
Smith Knob is a partly snow-covered rock peak, or knob, standing one nautical mile (1.9 km) south-southeast of Mendenhall Peak in the east part of the Thiel Mountains of Antarctica. The name was proposed by Peter Bermel and , co-leaders of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Thiel Mountains party which surveyed these mountains, 1960–61. Named for George Otis Smith, fourth director of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1907–30.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Smith Knob". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
Coordinates: 85°25′S 87°15′W / 85.417°S 87.250°W
Categories:
- Hills of Ellsworth Land
- Ellsworth Land geography stubs