Mount Tuve
| Mount Tuve | ||
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| height | 935 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ S , 80 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount Tuve is a 935 m high mountain on the Bryan coast of West Antarctica Ellsworthland . It rises from the ice masses immediately south of the base of the Wirth Peninsula .
Participants of the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) discovered him. Expedition leader Finn Ronne named him after the American geophysicist Merle Antony Tuve (1901-1982), who, as director of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism , had equipped the research trip with measuring instruments.
Web links
- Mount Tuve in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Tuve on geographic.org (English)