Mount O'Neil
| Mount O'Neil | ||
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| height | 2090 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ S , 136 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount O'Neil is a 2090 m high mountain in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . In the Queen Maud Mountains, it rises immediately northeast of Mount Ratliff on the northern flank of the Kansas Glacier .
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 Robert J. O'Neil, plumber on the Byrd station in the Antarctic winter 1961.
Web links
- Mount O'Neil in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount O'Neil on geographic.org (English)