Mount Colombo
| Mount Colombo | ||
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| height | 1022 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Ford Ranges | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ S , 144 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Colombo is a 1022 m high, mountainous formation in Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica . It rises 3 miles north of Mount Richardson in the northeastern part of the Fosdick Mountains in the Ford Ranges .
It was discovered during an overflight on December 5, 1929 during the first Antarctic expedition (1928–1930) of the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . Namesake is Louis P. Colombo (1910-1995), participant of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941), which visited the area around this geographical object in December 1940.
Web links
- Mount Colombo in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Colombo on geographic.org (English)