Mount block
| Mount block | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Grosvenor Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ S , 176 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Block is an Antarctic nunatak that rises about eight kilometers south of Block Peak in the Grosvenor Mountains .
He was discovered by the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd during the flight to the South Pole on November 29, 1929 as part of his first Antarctic expedition (1928–1930). It is named after Paul Block Jr. (1911–1987), son of Paul Block Sr. (1875–1941), a patron of the expedition.
Web links
- Mount Block in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Block on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 177 (English).