Mount Daniel (Antarctica)
| Mount Daniel | ||
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| height | 2440 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ S , 170 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Daniel is a prominent and 2440 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises one mile north of Mount Hall in the Lillie Range .
Participants in the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–1930) discovered and photographed him. Expedition leader Richard Evelyn Byrd named the mountain after the US politician and banker Robert Daniel senior (1884-1940), a sponsor of the research trip .
Web links
- Mount Daniel in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Daniel on geographic.org (English)