Mount Basurto
Mount Basurto | ||
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height | 2000 m | |
location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Convoy Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
Coordinates | 76 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Basurto is an ice-free and 2000 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Convoy Range , it looms at the southern end of Noring Terrace .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after Juan T. Basurto, logistician of the United States Antarctic Program , who was continuously responsible for the transport of materials to and from the McMurdo station between 1986 and 2007 .
Web links
- Mount Basurto in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Basurto on geographic.org (English)