Mount Laudon
| Mount Laudon | ||
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| height | 1600 m | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Guettard Range | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 12 ′ 49 ″ S , 64 ° 2 ′ 16 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Laudon is a striking and around 1,600 m high mountain in the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 11 km north of Mount Crowell in the Guettard Range .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from the years 1961 to 1967. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after Thomas S. Laudon, geologist on the Byrd station between 1960 and 1961 as well Member of the University of Wisconsin's geological team that served in the Eights Station area between 1965 and 1966 .
Web links
- Mount Laudon in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Laudon on geographic.org (English)