Mount Wells (Antarctica)
| Mount Wells | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Olav Mountains , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ S , 169 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Wells is a massive and ice-covered mountain of previously unknown height in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises in the Prince Olav Mountains on the western flank of the Liv Glacier and 6.5 km northwest of June-Nunatak .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1966 after Harry Wells, Secretary of the Committee on Polar Research of the National Academy of Sciences between 1962 and 1966.
Web links
- Mount Wells in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Wells on geographic.org (English)