Mount Keith (Antarctica)
| Mount Keith | ||
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| height | 1530 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Bowers Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Keith is a 1530 m high mountain in the north of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Bowers Mountains, it rises from the eastern end of a ridge between the Rastorgujew and Crawford glaciers .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and with the help of aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1960 and 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1970 after John D. Keith, who in 1965 worked as a construction worker at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station was.
Web links
- Mount Keith in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Keith on geographic.org (English)