Mount Tuck
| Mount Tuck | ||
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| height | 3560 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ S , 84 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Tuck is a 3560 m high and pyramidal mountain in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises at the head of the Hansen Glacier in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains . It is the highest peak in Doyran Heights .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and using aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1957 and 1959. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1961 after Lieutenant John Tuck Jr. (1932-1984), head of the support unit of the US Navy for the South Pole Station in 1957.
Web links
- Mount Tuck in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Tuck on geographic.org (English)