Mount McCue
| Mount McCue | ||
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| height | 1710 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Olav Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ S , 174 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount McCue is a 1,710 m high mountain in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . It rises 9 km northwest of Mount Wade in the Prince Olav Mountains .
Participants in the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) discovered it. The American geophysicist Albert P. Crary (1911–1997) carried out a survey between 1957 and 1958. He named the mountain after the United States Navy radio mechanic James A. McCue , who directed the first camp on Beardmore Glacier on the Crary-led scouting march.
Web links
- Mount McCue in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount McCue on geographic.org (English)