Mount Paine
| Mount Paine | ||
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| height | 3330 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | La Gorce Mountains , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ S , 147 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Paine is a massive 3330 m high mountain with a flattened summit in Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica . It rises in the western part of the La Gorce Mountains .
The geological team led by Quin Blackburn (1900-1981) on the second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935) of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd discovered him. Namesake is Stuart Douglas Lansing Paine (1910–1961), navigator and radio operator of this team.
Web links
- Mount Paine in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Paine on geographic.org (English)