Mount Stephen (Antarctica)
| Mount Stephen | ||
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| height | 810 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Albert Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Stephen is a 810 m high mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Prince Albert Mountains, it rises 10 km east of Mount Howard .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and with the help of aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1956 and 1962. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after the American meteorologist Ronald R. Stephen, a member of the 1966 winter team the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station .
Web links
- Mount Stephen in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Stephen on geographic.org (English)