Mount Corey
| Mount Corey | ||
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| height | 523 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Ford Ranges | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ S , 145 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount Corey is a 523 m high mountain in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . In the Ford Ranges, it rises 3 miles east of the Chester Mountains .
A sled team of the second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935) of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd explored the area around this mountain in November 1934. It is named after Stevenson Corey (1906-2000), a member of the sled team.
Web links
- Mount Corey in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Corey on geographic.org (English)