Mount Anderson (Antarctica)
| Mount Anderson | ||
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| height | 4255 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ S , 86 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Anderson is a 4255 m high mountain in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises 3 km south of Mount Bentley in the main ridge of the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains .
He was discovered by the so-called Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party , a team mainly to explore the Marie Byrd Land between 1957 and 1958. This named the mountain after the American glaciologist Vernon Hugo Anderson (1927-1999), a member of these teams and 1957 active on the Byrd station .
Web links
- Mount Anderson in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Anderson on geographic.org (English)