Mount Becker
| Mount Becker | ||
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| height | 1540 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Merrick Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 5 '46 " S , 72 ° 1' 15" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Becker is a prominent Antarctic mountain looming about 1.5 km northeast of Mount Boyer in the Merrick Mountains in Ellsworthland .
He was discovered on the basis of aerial photographs taken during the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) under the direction of the American polar explorer Finn Ronne . Ronne named him after Ralph Elihu Becker (1907-1994), later Ambassador of the United States in Honduras , who helped the expedition raise funds.
Web links
- Mount Becker in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Becker on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Wolfgang Saxon: Ralph E. Becker, 87, Lawyer And Ex-Ambassador, Is Dead. In: The New York Times , August 26, 1994 (accessed January 17, 2016).