Mount Colburn
| Mount Colburn | ||
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 Topographic map of Shepard Island with Mount Colburn (center) |
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| height | 522 m | |
| location | Shepard Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ S , 132 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Colburn is a 522 m high mountain in the east-central part of Shepard Island off the Hobbs coast of the west Antarctic Marie Byrd Land .
Its mapping took place on February 4, 1962 from aboard the icebreaker USS Glacier . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1963 after Lieutenant Richard E. Colburn, the ship's communications officer.
Web links
- Mount Colburn in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Colburn on geographic.org (English)