Mount Grier
| Mount Grier | ||
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| height | 3035 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | La Gorce Mountains , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ S , 148 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Grier is a 3035 m high and prominent mountain in the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . It rises on the western flank of the Scott Glacier and represents the westernmost peak of the La Gorce Mountains .
It was discovered in December 1934 by the geological team around Quin Blackburn (1900-1981) on the second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935) of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . This named him after the American entrepreneur Garett Layton Grier (1867-1944), president of the dental laboratory LD Caulk Co. from Milford in Delaware , who provided dentures to this research trip and previously to the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928-1930) .
Web links
- Mount Grier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Grier on geographic.org (English)