Mount Treadwell
| Mount Treadwell | ||
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| height | 820 m | |
| location | Marie-Byrd-Land ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Mountains | Swanson Mountains in the Ford Ranges | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ S , 144 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount Treadwell is a 820 m high mountain in Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica . In the Ford Ranges it looms over the southeastern foothills of the Swanson Mountains .
Scientists from the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) mapped it. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1969 after Thurman Kelso Treadwell Jr. (1920-2003) of the United States Navy , head of the Naval Oceanographic Office from 1945 to 1968.
Web links
- Mount Treadwell in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Treadwell on geographic.org (English)