Mount Morgan (Antarctica)
| Mount Morgan | |
|---|---|
  Mount Morgan | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 999 m (3,278 ft) |
| Geography | |
| Parent range | Ford Ranges |
Mount Morgan (76°53′S 143°34′W / 76.883°S 143.567°WCoordinates: 76°53′S 143°34′W / 76.883°S 143.567°W) is a 999 metres (3,278 ft) high mountain in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land. It is located within the Ford Ranges 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northeast of Mount Swan.
The United States Antarctic Service discovered and mapped it during its 1939-1941 expedition. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the mountain in 1966 after Charles Gill Morgan (1906-1980), a geologist in the second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935) of the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd. [1]
References
- ↑ "Mount Morgan". GNIS.
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.