Mount Combs
| Mount Combs | ||
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| height | 1000 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 26 ′ 2 ″ S , 79 ° 22 ′ 30 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Combs is an approximately 1000 m high and isolated mountain on the Bryan coast of the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises from the ice masses on the Rydberg Peninsula .
Participants of the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) discovered him. Expedition leader Finn Ronne named him after the US politician and Congressman Jesse Martin Combs (1889-1953), who had campaigned for the research trip to come about.
Web links
- Mount Combs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Combs on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jesse Martin Combs in the Find a Grave database (accessed April 19, 2017).