Mount Weir
| Mount Weir | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Bush Mountains , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ S , 177 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Weir is a steep, rocky and northeast-facing section of the terrain level of the polar plateau in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . The mountain looms just south of the base of the Fulgham Ridge ridge at the head of the Ramsey Glacier .
He was discovered and photographed during an overflight on February 16, 1947 as part of the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1962 after Major Robert R. Weir (1915-2002) of the United States Marine Corps , one of the pilots on this flight.
Web links
- Mount Weir in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Weir on geographic.org (English)