Mount Cope (Antarctica)
| Mount Cope | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ S , 174 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Cope is a cliff-like mountain in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . In the Queen Maud Mountains it rises on the east side of the Separation Range or 6 km northwest of Nadeau Bluff on the western flank of the Canyon Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1958 to 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1966 after Lieutenant Ronald P. Cope of the US Nay, the officer in charge of the 1963 Nuclear power station at McMurdo Station was.
Web links
- Mount Cope in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Cope on geographic.org (English)