Mount Byerly
| Mount Byerly | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Nash Hills | |
| Coordinates | 81 ° 53 '0 " S , 89 ° 23' 0" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Byerly is a mountain in Ellsworthland, West Antarctica . It rises in the eastern part of the Nash Hills .
His position determined on December 10, 1959 participants of a US team to explore the Ellsworthland. It is named after the American seismologist Perry Byerly (1897–1978), chairman of the technical committee for seismology and gravitation established by the National Academy of Sciences in the US national committee for the International Geophysical Year (1957–1958).
Web links
- Mount Byerly in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Byerly on geographic.org (English)