Mount Gray
| Mount Gray | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | McDonald Heights | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ S , 136 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount Gray is a mountain on the Ruppert coast of the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land, rounded by the action of glaciers . In the southwestern part of McDonald Heights, it rises 3 km north of Oehlenschlager Bluff on the eastern flank of the Hull Glacier .
Scientists of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941) discovered him during an overflight in December 1940 and named him after Orville Gray, flight machine mate and flight director on the flights carried out during this research trip.
Web links
- Mount Gray in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Gray on geographic.org (English)