Mount Giles
| Mount Giles | ||
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| height | 820 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ S , 137 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Giles is a 820 m high and mostly snow-covered mountain on the Ruppert coast of the West Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . It is the highest point on the watershed between the lower reaches of the Frostman and Hull glaciers .
Scientists of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941) discovered him during an overflight in December 1940 and named him after Walter Robert Giles (1912-1996), technical officer of the United States Marine Corps and copilot and radio operator on some flights of the research trip .
Web links
- Mount Giles in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Giles on geographic.org (English)