Ellis Cone
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 Topographic map of Toney Mountain with the Ellis Cone (scale 1: 250,000) |
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| height | 2349 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land | |
| Mountains | Toney Mountain | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ S , 116 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Ellis Cone is a 2349 m high mountain in the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . It is one of several small cone mountains along the southwest flank of Toney Mountain .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy in the years from 1959 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names renamed it in 1976 to Homer L. Ellis, who in the Antarctic winter of 1968, the radar control of air traffic on the McMurdo Station and from 1969 to 1970 was head of ground control of the runway not far from Byrd station .
Web links
- Ellis Cone in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ellis Cone on geographic.org (English)