Ickes Mountains
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 29 ′ S , 139 ° 45 ′ W | |
The Ickes Mountains are a series of coastal mountains in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica . They extend on the Ruppert coast west of the Strauss Glacier over a length of 24 km.
Scientists from the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941) discovered the Mountains at an overflight on 18 December 1940. It is named after the American politician Harold L. Ickes (1874-1952), in whose tenure as Minister of the Interior of the United States , the The United States Antarctic Service was founded.
Web links
- Ickes Mountains in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ickes Mountains on geographic.org (English)
Western part in the middle of the eastern edge of the map
Eastern part in the middle of the western edge of the map
