Mandarich massif

Mandarich massif
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height	1860  m
location	Ross Dependency , Antarctica
Mountains	Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates	80 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  S , 157 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 80 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  S , 157 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  E

The Mandarich Massif is a rugged and in plan view y -shaped massif in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 1860  m high on the southern flank of the Byrd Glacier between the confluences of the Brecher Glacier and the Twombley Glacier .

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 2003 after Captain (later Admiral ) Stevan Mandarich (1911-2001) of the United States Navy , chief of staff under Richard Evelyn Byrd in the first Operation Deep Freeze (1955-1956).

Web links

• Mandarich Massif in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Mandarich Massif on geographic.org (English)