Mount James (Antarctica)
Mount James | ||
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height | 1700 m | |
location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Saint Johns Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
Coordinates | 77 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount James is a 1700 m high mountain in Victoria Land, East Antarctica . In the Saint Johns Range it is the highest point in the Helicopter Mountains . It rises between Mick Peak and Hott Peak .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2007 after Barry Wendell James (* 1935) who worked as a helicopter pilot in ten campaigns between 1998 and 2008 to support the work of the United States Antarctic Program in the McMurdo Sound area and in the Antarctic Was active in arid valleys .
Web links
- Mount James in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount James on geographic.org (English)