Mount Richardson
| Mount Richardson | ||
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| height | 701 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Ford Ranges | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 144 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount Richardson is a 701 m high mountain in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . It rises 5 km south of Mount Colombo in the southeastern part of the Fosdick Mountains in the Ford Ranges and immediately west of the Reece Pass .
Participants of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) discovered him during overflights from the western base . Namesake is Harrison Holt Richardson (1919-1999), meteorologist of the biological teams on this research trip, which visited the area around the mountain in 1940.
Web links
- Mount Richardson in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Richardson on geographic.org (English)