Mount Back
| Mount Back | ||
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| height | 650 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 29 ′ 15 ″ S , 36 ° 8 ′ 42 ″ W | |
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Mount Back is a 650 m high mountain on South Georgia . It rises 2.5 km south of Doris Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1971 after squadron leader Anthony H. Back (* 1930) of the Royal Air Force , assistant geodesist in the British Combined Services Expedition (1964-1965), who was involved in surveying the mountain.
Web links
- Mount Back in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Back on geographic.org (English)