Mount Finley
| Mount Finley | ||
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| height | 3470 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Olav Mountains , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ S , 173 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Finley is a prominent 3470 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 8 km south-southwest of Mount Oliver from a ridge in the Prince Olav Mountains that extends south from Mount Wade .
The American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd named him after John Huston Finley (1863-1940), President of the American Geographical Society at the time of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928-1930).
Web links
- Mount Finley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Finley on geographic.org (English)