Mount Deleon
| Mount Deleon | ||
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| height | 780 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Deleon is a 780 m and mostly ice-free mountain on the Shackleton coast of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises on the southern flank of the Entrikin Glacier about 14 km west-northwest of Cape Douglas .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1966 after Emilio A. Deleon (* 1933), who was responsible for transportation equipment in the United States Navy and a member of the occupation team at Byrd Station in 1963.
Web links
- Mount Deleon in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Deleon on geographic.org (English)