Mount Ferrara

Mount Ferrara is a mountain in Antarctica, 875 metres (2,870 ft) high, standing 2.5 nautical miles (5 km) northeast of Vaca Nunatak in the Panzarini Hills portion of the Argentina Range, in the Pensacola Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered and photographed during a U.S. Navy transcontinental nonstop plane flight of January 13, 1956 from McMurdo Sound to the Weddell Sea and return. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Chief Aviation Machinists Mate Frederick J. Ferrara, U.S. Navy, crew chief of the P2V-2N Neptune aircraft making the flight.[1]

Mount Ferrara
Mount Ferrara
Highest point
Elevation875 m (2,871 ft)
Coordinates82°15′S 41°25′W 
Geography
Location Pensacola Mountains
Parent rangeArgentina Range

References
  1. "Ferrara, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-03-21.

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