Mount Sporli
| Mount Sporli | ||
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| height | 2255 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Heritage Range in the Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 32 '39 " S , 83 ° 38' 4" W | |
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Mount Sporli is a 2255 m high and prominent mountain in the Ellsworth Mountains of the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Heritage Range, it rises on the east side of the head end of the Driscoll Glacier in Pioneer Heights . From the northwestern foothills of the mountain, the Mhire Spur extends westward.
A team of geologists from the University of Minnesota who worked in the area from 1963 to 1964 named him after Bernhard N. Sporli, a member of that team.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Mount Sporli ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 16, 2010.
- ^ Mhire Spur ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 16, 2010.