Mount Carmer
| Mount Carmer | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Caloplaca Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ S , 131 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Carmer is a mountain in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica . In the Caloplaca Hills it rises 3 km west-northwest of Heathcock Peak on the east side of the Wotkyns Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after John Leroy Carmer (* 1934), electrical engineer at Byrd Station in the year 1962.
Web links
- Mount Carmer in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Carmer on geographic.org (English)