Mount Nero
| Mount Nero | ||
|---|---|---|
| height | 2520 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Usarp Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ E | |
|
||
| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Nero is a 2520 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Usarp Mountains it overlooks the west face of the Daniels Range 5 km north of Forsythe Bluff .
The area was mapped through the United States Geological Survey and aerial photography from the United States Navy from 1960 to 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the mountain in 1970 after Leonard L. Nero (* 1947), biologist of the United States Antarctic Research Program at McMurdo Station from 1967 to 1968.
Web links
- Mount Nero in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Nero on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1094 (English).