Mount marvel
Mount marvel | ||
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height | 1540 m | |
location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
Mountains | Van Allen Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
Coordinates | 78 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Marvel is a 1,540 m high mountain in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . In the Van Allen Range, it rises 11 km south of Escalade Peak near the head of the Mulock Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1964 after Commander Robert Marvel (1917-1997) of the United States Navy , head of Detachment Alpha at McMurdo Station in 1963.
Web links
- Mount Marvel in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Marvel on geographic.org (English)