Mount Swartley

Mount Swartley
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height	998 m
location	Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica
Mountains	Ford Ranges
Coordinates	77 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ S , 143 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ W Coordinates: 77 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ S , 143 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ W

Mount Swartley is a 998 m high mountain in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . In the Allegheny Mountains of the Ford Ranges, it rises 1.5 km north-northeast of Mount Darling .

Scientists from the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) discovered it during an overflight. It is named after Stanley Simpson Swartley (1884–1963), professor of English at Allegheny College in Meadville , Pennsylvania , alma mater of the American Antarctic explorer Paul Siple , who headed West Base for the research trip.

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