Mount Stahlman

Mount Stahlman
Mount Stahlman
Highest point
Coordinates 85°41′S 151°36′W / 85.683°S 151.600°W / -85.683; -151.600Coordinates: 85°41′S 151°36′W / 85.683°S 151.600°W / -85.683; -151.600 
Geography
Location Antarctica
Parent range Tapley Mountains

Mount Stahlman is a mountain over 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) tall, rising at the east flank of Scott Glacier between Mount Wallace and Mount Hamilton, at the west end of the Tapley Mountains in the Queen Maud Mountains. First observed in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence Gould. Visited in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd for James G. Stahlman, newspaper publisher of Nashville, TN, a supporter of the expedition.

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


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