Mount Douglass
| Mount Douglass | ||
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| height | 393 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Ford Ranges | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ S , 145 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount Douglass is a 393 m high and icy mountain in Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica . It rises in the Ford Ranges 13 km east-southeast of Mount Woodward on the south flank of the Boyd Glacier .
The mountain was discovered in 1934 during overflights as part of the second Antarctic expedition (1933–1935) of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . Namesake is Malcom Chetwode Douglass (1903-1951), dog sled driver on the west base of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941).
Web links
- Mount Douglass in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Douglass on geographic.org (English)