Doolittle massif
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 Topographic map with the Doolittle massif, which has not yet been labeled, between the Zeller and Sefton glaciers (bottom right) |
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| Highest peak | Mount Rainbow ( 2050 m ) | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Churchill Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 50 ′ S , 156 ° 42 ′ E | |
The Doolittle Massif is a compact mountain range consisting of several peaks in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the northwestern Churchill Mountains , it rises between the Zeller and Sefton glaciers , where they flow into the Byrd glacier . The massif is 16 km long and has its highest elevation with the 2050 m high Mount Rainbow .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 2003 after General James Harold Doolittle (1896-1993) of the United States Air Force , who had visited McMurdo Station in 1962 and had participated as a pilot in Operation Highjump in January 1946 .
Web links
- Doolittle Massif in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Doolittle Massif on geographic.org (English)