Mount Kauffman

Mount Kauffman
Aerial view of the Ames Range, mount Kauffman is the mount to the right at the end of the chain.
Highest point
Elevation 2,365 m (7,759 ft)
Coordinates 75°37′S 132°25′W / 75.617°S 132.417°W / -75.617; -132.417Coordinates: 75°37′S 132°25′W / 75.617°S 132.417°W / -75.617; -132.417 
Geography
Mount Kauffman
Position in Antarctica
Location Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
Parent range Ames Range

Mount Kauffman is a prominent mountain, 2,365 metres (7,760 ft) high, that surmounts the northwest end of the Ames Range in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander S.K. Kauffman, U.S. Navy, a staff civil engineering officer who supervised the planning and building of Plateau Station, 1965–66.[1]

It is connected to Mount Kosciusko by Gardiner Ridge which is at one end of Brown Valley.

Kauffman consists of a potentially active shield volcano with a 3 km (1.9 mi) wide summit caldera. Minor fumarolic activity was observed in 1977.[2]

Topographic map of the Ames Range (1:250,000 scale) from USGS Mount Kosciusko

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Kauffman". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  2. ↑ "Andrus". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

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