Mount Denauro
| Mount Denauro | ||
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| height | 2340 m | |
| location | Marie-Byrd-Land , West Antarctica (politically: Ross Dependency ) | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ S , 151 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Denauro is a 2340 m high mountain in Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica . In the Queen Maud Mountains, it rises 5 km south of Lee Peak on the west side of the Scott Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1967 after Ralph Denauro, aircraft mechanic of the VX-6 flight squadron in Operation Deep Freeze of 1966.
Web links
- Mount Denauro in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Denauro on geographic.org (English)