Mount Shirley
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 Map sheet with Mount Shirley |
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 39 '0 " S , 142 ° 3' 0" W | |
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Mount Shirley is an ice-covered mountain near the Ruppert Coast in Marie-Byrd Land in western Antarctica . It rises up on the west side of the mouth of the Land Glacier . Its eastern flank is characterized by a distinctive mountain basin .
Participants in the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) discovered it and named it after Charles C. Shirley (1909–1989), chief photographer of the West Base on this expedition.
Web links
- Mount Shirley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Shirley on geographic.org (English)