Mount Ratliff
| Mount Ratliff | ||
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| height | 2520 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 137 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Ratliff is a 2520 m high mountain in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . In the Queen Maud Mountains it rises 13 km north-northeast of Mount Doumani north of the Watson Escarpment .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of 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 Charles E. Ratliff, aircraft engineer of the United States Navy's VX-6 squadron, who was involved in several campaigns as part of Operation Deep Freeze between 1963 and 1967 .
Web links
- Mount Ratliff in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Ratliff on geographic.org (English)