Mount Mooney
| Mount Mooney | ||
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| height | 2850 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | La Gorce Mountains , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 145 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Mooney is a 2850 m high mountain in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . It rises on the northern edge of the La Gorce Mountains above the middle section of the Robison Glacier .
It was discovered in December 1934 by the geological team around Quin Blackburn (1900-1981) on the second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935) of the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . Byrd named him after James Elliott Mooney (1901-1968), who supported this and later Byrds expeditions and worked from 1959 to 1965 for the United States Antarctic Program .
Web links
- Mount Mooney in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Mooney on geographic.org (English)