Mount Crabtree
Mount Crabtree | ||
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height | 820 m | |
location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
Mountains | Swanson Mountains , Ford Ranges | |
Coordinates | 77 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S , 144 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) |
Mount Crabtree is a 820 m high mountain in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . It rises 6 km east-southeast of Mount Fonda in the north-central part of the Swanson Mountains in the Ford Ranges .
Scientists from the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) mapped it. It is named after the biologist Ernest Granville Crabtree (1883-1947), who worked as a consultant in the preparations for Operation Deep Freeze I (1955-1956).
Web links
- Mount Crabtree in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Crabtree on geographic.org (English)