Mount Rosenwald
| Mount Rosenwald | ||
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| height | 3450 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ S , 179 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Rosenwald is a 3450 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Maud Mountains , it is a striking landmark between the head ends of the Gallup and Baldwin glaciers . The mountain is completely snow-covered on its southwest flank, but on its northeast side it is characterized by ice-free vertical cliffs.
The American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd discovered him during his South Pole flight in November 1929 as part of his first Antarctic expedition (1928–1930). Byrd named him after the American entrepreneur and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932), who financially supported this and posthumously Byrd's second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935).
Web links
- Mount Rosenwald in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Rosenwald on geographic.org (English)