Mount Cromie
| Mount Cromie | ||
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| height | 2950 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Bush Mountains , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ S , 179 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount Cromie is a 2950 m high and snowy mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 2.5 km southeast of Mount Boyd in the Bush Mountains .
Scientists from the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) discovered and mapped it. The American geophysicist Albert P. Crary (1911-1997), as head of the team to cross the Ross Ice Shelf, took measurements of the mountain between 1957 and 1958. He named it after William J. Cromie (1930-2015), an assistant glaciologist on the team.
Web links
- Mount Cromie in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Cromie on geographic.org (English)