Mount Suydam

Mount Suydam
Mount Suydam
Highest point
Elevation 1,020 m (3,350 ft)
Coordinates 84°32′S 65°27′W / 84.533°S 65.450°W / -84.533; -65.450Coordinates: 84°32′S 65°27′W / 84.533°S 65.450°W / -84.533; -65.450 
Geography
Location Antarctica Pensacola Mountains
Parent range Patuxent Range

Mount Suydam is a mountain in Antarctica, 1,020 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Clark Ridge in Anderson Hills in northern Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos from 1956-66. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for E. Lynn Suydam, a biologist at Palmer Station during the winter of 1967.

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


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