Mount Calvin
| Mount Calvin | ||
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| height | 1600 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Concord Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ S , 165 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Calvin is a 1600 m high mountain , which is located about 6.5 km southeast of Pilon Peak in the southern part of the Everett Range belonging to the Concord Mountains in East Antarctica Victoria Land.
It was mapped through the United States Geological Survey and aerial photography from the United States Navy between 1960 and 1963. It is named after Lieutenant Calvin Luther Larsen (1927-2007) of the US Navy, navigator and person in charge of aerial photographs for the VX-6 air squadron as part of Operation Deep Freeze in 1969, who hibernated at Little America V in 1957 would have. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names used his first name to avoid confusion with other geographical objects called "Larsen".
Web links
- Mount Calvin in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Calvin 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. 272 (English).