Mount Gozur

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.
Sentinel Range map.

Mount Gozur (78°7′S 85°30′W / 78.117°S 85.500°W / -78.117; -85.500Coordinates: 78°7′S 85°30′W / 78.117°S 85.500°W / -78.117; -85.500) is a mountain, 2,980 metres (9,780 ft) high, in the Maglenik Heights of the central Sentinel Range, in the Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica, situated just northwest of the head of Young Glacier and 9 nautical miles (17 km) east of Mount Bentley. It was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, from 1957–59, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain Alexander Gozur of the United States Air Force, who participated in establishing the South Pole Station in the 1956–57 season.[1]

See also

Maps

  • Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.

References

  1. ↑ "Gozur, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-05-02.

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


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.