Mount Moffat

Mount Moffat
Mount Moffat
Highest point
Elevation 1,250 m (4,100 ft)
Coordinates 83°32′S 55°17′W / 83.533°S 55.283°W / -83.533; -55.283Coordinates: 83°32′S 55°17′W / 83.533°S 55.283°W / -83.533; -55.283 
Geography
Location Antarctica Pensacola Mountains
Parent range Neptune Range

Mount Moffat is a mountain, 1,250 metres (4,100 ft) high, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of Mount Ege in the Neptune 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 Robert J. Moffat, a construction electrician at Ellsworth Station in the winter of 1958.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Moffat". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-10-28.

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