Mount Beck
| Mount Beck | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Charles Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ S , 67 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Beck is a partially snow-capped mountain in Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica . It rises two miles southwest of the Taylor Platform in the Prince Charles Mountains .
It was mapped using aerial photographs taken between 1956 and 1960 during the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named it after John W. Beck, assistant cook at Mawson Station in 1964 and warehouse clerk at Wilkes Station in 1966.
Web links
- Mount Beck in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Beck on geographic.org (English)