Mount Vito
| Mount Vito | ||
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| height | 1810 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Wisconsin Range , Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ S , 131 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Vito is a 1,810 m high and non-iced mountain in the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . In the Horlick Mountains in the western Wisconsin Range, it rises 3 km northeast of Mount Frontz on the eastern flank of the Reedy Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and with the help of aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after John Vito, electrical engineer at Byrd Station in the Antarctic winter of 1961.
Web links
- Mount Vito in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Vito on geographic.org (English)