Mount Hawthorne
| Mount Hawthorne | ||
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| location | Thurston Island , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Walker Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ S , 98 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Hawthorne is a prominent mountain on Thurston Island off the Eights coast of West Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Walker Mountains it rises just south of the base of the Noville Peninsula .
It was discovered by participants in the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941) during a flight over on February 27, 1940. The expedition leader Richard Evelyn Byrd named him after Roger Hawthorne (1905-1973), a participant on this research trip.
Web links
- Mount Hawthorne in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Hawthorne on geographic.org (English)