Mount Weininger

Mount Weininger
Mount Weininger
Highest point
Elevation 1,970 m (6,460 ft)
Coordinates 84°47′S 65°30′W / 84.783°S 65.500°W / -84.783; -65.500Coordinates: 84°47′S 65°30′W / 84.783°S 65.500°W / -84.783; -65.500 
Geography
Location Antarctica Pensacola Mountains
Parent range Patuxent Range

Mount Weininger is a large, mainly ice-free mountain in Antarctica, 1,970 m, standing at the north extremity of Mackin Table, to which it is joined by a short ridge, in the 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 Richard B. Weininger, a scientific leader at South Pole Station during the winter of 1967.

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


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