Mount Aldaz
| Mount Aldaz | ||
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| height | 2520 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Usas Escarpment | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 3 '0 " S , 124 ° 25' 0" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Aldaz is a 2520 m high mountain in Marie-Byrd-Land . It rises almost inconspicuously from the ice-covered Usas Escarpment 35 km east-southeast of Mount Galla .
It was surveyed in 1959 by the United States Geological Survey as part of the investigation of the Executive Committee Range . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the mountain after Luis N. Aldaz (1925-2011), Spanish meteorologist and scientific director of the Byrd station in 1960.
Web links
- Mount Aldaz in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Aldaz on geographic.org (English)