Mount Blackburn (Antarctica)
| Mount Blackburn | ||
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 Mount Blackburn in the northwest area of the topographic map sheet |
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| height | 3275 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ S , 147 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount Blackburn is a massive, 3275 m high mountain with a flattened summit in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . It rises east of Scott Glacier , where it overlooks the southwest end of the California Plateau and the Watson Escarpment .
He was discovered in December 1934 by the geological team of the second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935) of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd , who named him after Quin Blackburn (1900-1981), the head of said team.
Web links
- Mount Blackburn in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Blackburn on geographic.org (English)