Mount Metschel
| Mount Metschel | ||
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| height | 1845 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Metschel is a striking, non-iced and 1845 m high mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises 6 km southeast of the Angino Buttress and the Skelton Icefalls .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1965 by John James Mechel (1923-1963), commander of the USS Staten Iceland in Operation Deep Freeze of 1963, the October 15, 1963 at a reconnaissance flight by helicopter in the Arctic died was.
Web links
- Mount Metschel in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Metschel on geographic.org (English)