Mount Ferguson
| Mount Ferguson | ||
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| height | 1190 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Olav 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 Ferguson is an irregularly shaped and 1190 m high massif in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises up in the Prince Olav Mountains in the southern part of the Mayer Crags on the west side of the Liv Glacier .
Participants in the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–1930) discovered and photographed him. The mountain is named after Homer L. Ferguson (1873–1953), managing director of Newport News Shipbuilding , which was involved in the conversion and repair of the ships used on the research trip .
Web links
- Mount Ferguson in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Ferguson on geographic.org (English)