Mount Freeman
| Mount Freeman | ||
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| height | 2880 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ S , 168 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Freeman is a prominent 2880 m high mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Victory Mountains, it towers over the base of Walker Ridge 3 km northwest of Mount Lepanto .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1970 after Lieutenant Elliott R. Freeman of the US Navy Reserve Forces, helicopter commander during the operation Deep Freeze of 1968.
Web links
- Mount Freeman in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Freeman on geographic.org (English)