Mount Suarez
| Mount Suarez | ||
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| height | 2360 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ S , 145 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Suarez is a 2360 m high mountain in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . In the Queen Maud Mountains it rises immediately east of Mount Noville on the watershed between the Van Reeth and Robison glaciers .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after Lieutenant Ralph Suarez, navigator with the Navy squadron VX-6 during of operation Deep Freeze in 1965 and the 1967th
Web links
- Mount Suarez in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Suarez on geographic.org (English)