Mount Murch
| Mount Murch | ||
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| height | 1100 m | |
| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Patuxent Range , Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 37 '59 " S , 65 ° 24' 58" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Murch is a 1,100 m high mountain in Queen Elizabeth Land in West Antarctica . In the central Patuxent Range of the Pensacola Mountains it rises 8 km south of Mount Suydam .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1956 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after Paul L. Murch, cook at the Palmer Station in the Antarctic winter of 1966.
Web links
- Mount Murch in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Murch on geographic.org (English)