Mount Pew
| Mount Pew | ||
|---|---|---|
| height | 2950 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Admiralty Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ S , 169 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ E | |
|
||
Mount Pew is a 2950 m high mountain in East Antarctica Victoria Land . In the Admiralty Mountains, it towers over the central part of a mountain ridge between the Kelly and Towles glaciers .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1970 after the geophysicist James A. Pew, who lived on the McMurdo from 1966 to 1967. Station was active.
Web links
- Mount Pew in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Pew on geographic.org (English)