Mount Duvall

Mount Duvall (78°22′S 162°31′E / 78.367°S 162.517°E / -78.367; 162.517Coordinates: 78°22′S 162°31′E / 78.367°S 162.517°E / -78.367; 162.517) is an ice-covered mountain, 2,149 metres (7,050 ft) high, standing close west of Fisher Bastion on the north side of Solomon Glacier, in the Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (1994) after Thomas L. Duvall Jr., who conducted research, along with John W. Harvey and Martin Pomerantz, in helioseismology at the South Pole Station from 1980.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Duvall, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
  2. ↑ National Research Council (U.S.). Polar Research Board, Charles R. Bentley (1983). Report on United States Antarctic Research Activities, February 1982-October 1983: United States Antarctic Research Activities Planned for October 1983-September 1984 – Issue 25 of Report to Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. National Academies. p. 4. Retrieved 2017-02-20.

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