Mount Shields
| Mount Shields | ||
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| height | 1170 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Usarp Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Shields is a mountain of 1,170 m height at the confluence of Pryor- and Robilliard glacier at the northern end of Usarp Mountains .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after Staff Sergeant James K. Shields of the United States Marine Corps , a member of the United States Navy Squadron VX-6 in Antarctica from 1962 to 1963 and from 1963 to 1964 in the service of the United States Geological Survey .
Web links
- Mount Shields in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Shields on geographic.org (English)