Mount Eubanks
| Mount Eubanks | ||
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| height | 1210 m | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 2 '23 " S , 67 ° 13' 57" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Eubanks is a 1,210 m high and isolated mountain in Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . As a prominent landmark, it rises near the head of the Riley Glacier . Only 600 m of its total height are above the ice masses surrounding it.
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1976 after Lieutenant Commander Paul D. Eubanks (1932-2017) of the United States Navy , commander of an LC-130 Hercules on flights between McMurdo Station and the Lassiter Coast from 1969 to 1970, who was also involved in supply flights to other stations in Antarctica .
Web links
- Mount Eubanks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Eubanks on geographic.org (English)