Mount Llano
| Mount Llano | ||
|---|---|---|
| height | 1930 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Olav Mountains , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ S , 173 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ W | |
|
||
| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Llano is a 1930 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 10 km northeast of Mount Wade from the lower foothills of the Prince Olav Mountains .
Members of a team to explore the Ross Ice Shelf (1957-1958) under the direction of the US geophysicist Albert P. Crary (1911-1997) discovered and photographed him. It is named after the American biologist and specialist in polar lichen George Albert Llano (1911–2003), among other things program director for biological and medical research at the National Science Foundation from 1960 to 1977.
Web links
- Mount Llano in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Llano on geographic.org (English)