Mount Iphigene
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 The massif of Mount Iphigene (foreground) in the western part of the Fosdick Mountains |
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| height | 1088 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Ford Ranges | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ S , 145 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount Iphigene is a 1088 m high mountain in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . In the Ford Ranges it rises west of the Ochs Glacier between the Marujupu Peak and the Birchall Peaks in the western section of the Fosdick Mountains .
Scientists of the first Antarctic expedition (1928-1930) under the direction of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd discovered him. Byrd named him after Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger (1892-1990), daughter of Adolph Ochs and wife of Arthur Hays Sulzberger , both of whom were sponsors of the expedition.
Web links
- Mount Iphigene in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Iphigene on geographic.org (English)