Mount Schwerdtfeger

Mount Schwerdtfeger (78°21′S 162°46′E) is a mountain in the Royal Society Range, Antarctica; it is named after Werner Schwerdtfeger, senior meteorological researcher, University of Wisconsin–Madison, a driving force in the study of Antarctic meteorology. His specialty was the study of the barrier winds east of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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