Mount Petrides
| Mount Petrides | ||
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 Topographic map with Mount Petrides (top, right of center) |
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | McDonald Heights | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ S , 136 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Petrides is a mountain in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica . In the McDonald Heights it rises to the south of the Erickson Bluffs above the confluence of the Kirkpatrick Glacier in the Hull Glacier halfway between the Oehlenschlager Bluff and Mount Sinha .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1959 and 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the mountain in 1974 after George A. Petrides, a member of the team on the USCGC Southwind , which in 1971 and in 1972 carried out population studies of seals, whales, and birds in the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas area.
Web links
- Mount Petrides in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Petrides on geographic.org (English)