Mount Bolton (Antarctica)
| Mount Bolton | ||
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| height | 2840 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Wisconsin Range , Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ S , 129 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Bolton is a prominent 2840 m high mountain in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . In the western Wisconsin Range of the Horlick Mountains, it rises 10 km southeast of Mount Soyat on the eastern flank of the Reedy Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the mountain using its own surveys and aerial photographs by the United States Navy between 1960 and 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Lieutenant James L. Bolton, a helicopter pilot in Operation Deep Freeze in 1965, 1966 and 1967.
Web links
- Mount Bolton in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Bolton on geographic.org (English)