Mount Majerus
| Mount Majerus | ||
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| height | 1635 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Saint Johns Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 16 ′ 16 ″ S , 161 ° 39 ′ 15 ″ E | |
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Mount Majerus is a 1635 m high mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises in the Saint Johns Range at the southern end of the Kuivinen Ridge at a distance of 1.5 km southwest of Lanyon Peak .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the mountain in 2005 after four members of the Majerus family from Rochester , Minnesota , who were involved in various scientific projects between 1980 and 2005, mainly in the region around McMurdo Sound . In particular, these are Nicholas Delbert Majerus (* 1943), his daughter Michelle Renee Majerus (* 1975), his brother Gregory John Majerus (* 1939) and his daughter Nicole Renee Majerus (* 1976).
Web links
- Mount Majerus in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Majerus on geographic.org (English)