Demas Range
| Demas Range | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Goorhigian ( 1115 m ) | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 0 ′ S , 133 ° 45 ′ W | |
The Demas Range is a mountain range on the Hobbs coast of the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . With Mount Goorhigian as the highest point, it rises up to 1115 m high in a north-south orientation.
It was discovered by the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941) under the direction of the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them after Pete Demas (1905-1979), a member of the Byrd expeditions from 1928 to 1930 and from 1933 to 1935.
Web links
- Demas Range in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Demas Range on geographic.org (English)