Mount Mann

Mount Mann
Highest point
Elevation 1,680 m (5,510 ft)
Coordinates 83°12′S 49°20′W / 83.200°S 49.333°W / -83.200; -49.333Coordinates: 83°12′S 49°20′W / 83.200°S 49.333°W / -83.200; -49.333 
Geography
Location Antarctica Pensacola Mountains
Parent range Forrestal Range

Mount Mann is a mountain, 1,680 metres (5,500 ft) high, standing on the southeast edge of Lexington Table, 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Mount Zirzow, in the Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos from 1956–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain Edward K. Mann of the United States Air Force, who was an assistant in the Research Division of the U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica between 1966–68.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Mann". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-08-01.

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