Mount Strong
| Mount Strong | ||
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| height | 1200 m | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 32 '29 " S , 62 ° 40' 26" W | |
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Mount Strong is an approximately 1200 m high mountain with numerous ridges in the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 8 km east of the Eland Mountains .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it in 1974. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1976 after Frank E. Strong, a biologist on the United States Antarctic Research Program at Palmer Station from 1971 to 1972.
Web links
- Mount Strong in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Strong on geographic.org (English)