Mount Hart

Mount Hart is a mountain over 3,000 metres (10,000 ft) high, standing 2 nautical miles (4 km) northwest of Mount Chider in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Vemon D. Hart, officer in charge of the U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 winter party at McMurdo Station, 1968.[1]

Mount Hart
Highest point
Elevation2,080 m (6,820 ft)
Coordinates72°5′S 169°5′E 
Geography
LocationBorchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeAdmiralty Mountains

References
  1. "Hart, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-05-29.

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