Mount McIntyre
| Mount McIntyre | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 87 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ S , 153 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount McIntyre is a rocky, flattened mountain in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica, protruding from the surrounding landscape . It rises on the western flank of the Scott Glacier near its origin opposite Mount Howe and forms the northeastern branch of the D'Angelo Bluff .
It was discovered in December 1934 by the geological team of the second Antarctic expedition (1933–1935) of the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . Byrd named him after the journalist Marvin H. McIntyre (1978-1943), a political advisor to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt .
Web links
- Mount McIntyre in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount McIntyre on geographic.org (English)