Mount Cooper (Marie Byrd Land)
| Mount Cooper | ||
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| height | 530 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Ford Ranges | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 145 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount Cooper is a large and 530 m high mountain in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . It rises in the Ford Ranges 6.5 km west of the Asman Ridge ridge on the southern flank of the Arthur Glacier .
It was discovered during overflights in 1934 during the second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935) of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . He named it after the American film producer Merian C. Cooper (1893–1973).
Web links
- Mount Cooper in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Cooper on geographic.org (English)