Mount Johns (West Antarctica)
| Mount Johns | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 37 '35 " S , 91 ° 16' 38" W | |
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Mount Johns is an isolated nunatak about 50 nautical miles (90 km) west of the Heritage Range , the southern part of the Ellsworth Mountains in West Antarctica . The rock rises about 90 m above the surrounding eternal ice that covers the landscape.
Mount Johns was discovered on January 27, 1958 as part of the Marie Byrd Land Traverse and named after Robert H. Johns (1932-1958). Johns had worked as a meteorologist at the American Byrd Station in 1957 as part of the International Geophysical Year and had perished in the Arctic in 1958 after his work at the Byrd Station .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Mount Johns ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 10, 2010.