Mount Manke
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 Topographic map sheet with the Harold Byrd Mountains (top left) and Mount Manke |
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| height | 900 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Harold Byrd Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ S , 144 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount Manke is a 940 m high mountain in Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica . It marks the eastern limit of the Harold Byrd Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Robert M. Manke (* 1940), factotum on the Byrd station in Antarctic winter 1960.
Web links
- Mount Manke in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Manke on geographic.org (English)