Mount Axworthy
| Mount Axworthy | ||
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| height | 1640 m | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Dana Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 7 '50 " S , 62 ° 43' 13" W | |
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Mount Axworthy is a 1640 m high mountain on the Lassiter coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises in the northwestern part of the Dana Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of surveys and with the help of aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy between 1961 and 1967 . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after Charles Sheldon Axworthy (* 1930), Hospital Corpsman and head of support staff at Palmer Station in the Antarctic winter of 1965.
Web links
- Mount Axworthy in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Axworthy on geographic.org (English)