Mount McKercher
| Mount McKercher | ||
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| height | 2230 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ S , 150 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount McKercher is a 2230 m high mountain on the eastern edge of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises in the Queen Maud Mountains on the east side of the Scott Glacier at the confluence of the Griffith Glacier .
The geological team around Quin Blackburn (1900-1981) discovered the mountain in December 1934 during the second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935) of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . It is named after Hazel F. McKercher (1889–1972), Byrd's secretary on this research trip.
Web links
- Mount McKercher in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount McKercher on geographic.org (English)