Mount Turcotte
| Mount Turcotte | ||
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Pirrit Hills | |
| Coordinates | 81 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ S , 85 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount Turcotte is a rocky mountain in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . In the Pirrit Hills it rises 4 km northwest of Mount Tidd .
His position was determined on December 7, 1958 by the US Ellsworth-Byrd Traverse Party and he was named after F. Thomas Turcotte, seismologist of this team.
Web links
- Mount Turcotte in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Turcotte on geographic.org (English)