Goldich Crest
| Goldich Crest | ||
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| height | 1700 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Olympus Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Goldich Crest is a 1700 m high mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Olympus Range, it looms between Mount Jason and Bull Pass . The Gonzalez Spur branches off from it in an east-southeast direction.
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2004 after the US geologist Samuel Stephen Goldich (1909-2000) from Northern Illinois University , who was involved in the drilling project in the Antarctic dry valleys from 1973 to 1976 .
Web links
- Goldich Crest in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Goldich Crest on geographic.org (English)