Mount Fordell
| Mount Fordell | ||
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| height | 1670 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Marble Hills , Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ S , 82 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Mount Fordell is a 1,670 m high mountain in the West Antarctic Ellsworth Land . In the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, it rises in the southwest section of the Marble Hills .
The mountain was named in 1966 by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in memory of William D. Fordell, a lieutenant in the US Navy , who on February 2, 1966 in a plane crash with the Douglas LC-47J " Spirit of McMurdo " the Ross Ice Shelf died.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Mount Fordell ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 16, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.vaq34.com/vxe6/r4d.htm