Mount Ward (Batterbee Mountains)
| Mount Ward | ||
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| height | 800 m | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Batterbee Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 35 '23 " S , 66 ° 55' 53" W | |
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Mount Ward is a 800 m high mountain on the Rymill Coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . In the south of the Batterbee Mountains it rises at the northeast end of the Steeple Peaks .
It was discovered, named, but mapped in the wrong position during an overflight on December 23, 1947 on the US Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition . Namesake is Wendell Wadsworth Ward (1894-1978), editor of the Beaumont Journal and sponsor of the expedition led by the US polar explorer Finn Ronne .
Web links
- Mount Ward in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Ward on geographic.org (English)