Mount Dryfoose
| Mount Dryfoose | ||
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| height | 1600 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 52 '0 " S , 169 ° 56' 0" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Dryfoose is a 1600 m high mountain in the shape of a ridge in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 5 km north of Mount Daniel from a mountain ridge of the southern part of the Lillie Range , which extends northeast.
Members of a team to explore the Ross Ice Shelf (1957-1958) under the direction of the US geophysicist Albert P. Crary (1911-1997) discovered him. Crary named the mountain after Lieutenant Earl D. Dryfoose Jr. (* 1929), pilot of the United States Navy's VX-6 squadron in several Deep Freeze operations .
Web links
- Mount Dryfoose in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Dryfoose on geographic.org (English)