Mount Nichols
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 Topographic map sheet with the Harold Byrd Mountains (top left) and Mount Nichols |
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| height | 670 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Harold Byrd Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ S , 146 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Nichols is a 670 m high mountain in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . It looms in the center of the Harold Byrd Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1963. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after William L. Nichols, a construction mechanic at Byrd Station in the Antarctic winter of 1957.
Web links
- Mount Nichols in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Nichols on geographic.org (English)