Mount Gibbs
| Mount Gibbs | ||
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| height | 3140 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Deep Freeze Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Gibbs is a 3140 m high mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Deep Freeze Range, it rises on the southern flank of the Recoil Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1969 after Maurice E. Gibbs, a meteorologist at McMurdo Station in 1967.
Web links
- Mount Gibbs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Gibbs on geographic.org (English)