Mount Ekblaw
| Mount Ekblaw | ||
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| height | 1235 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Ford Ranges | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ S , 141 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Ekblaw is a 1,235 m high mountain in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It rises 5 km east of Mount Van Valkenburg in the eastern part of the Clark Mountains belonging to the Ford Ranges .
He was discovered while flying over the West Base during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941). The mountain is named after the American geographer Walter Elmer Ekblaw (1882–1949) from Clark University , participant in the Crocker Land Expedition (1913–1917) to explore the alleged Crocker Land in the Arctic .
Web links
- Mount Ekblaw in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Ekblaw on geographic.org (English)