Mount Wexler
| Mount Wexler | ||
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| height | 4025 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Hughes Range , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 175 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Wexler is a 4025 m high, striking and ice-free mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises about 3 miles southwest of Mount Waterman in the Hughes Range .
It was discovered by the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd during a reconnaissance flight on November 18, 1929 as part of his first Antarctic expedition (1928–1930). The area was explored by the geophysicist Albert P. Crary (1911–1987) from 1957 to 1958, who named the mountain after the meteorologist Harry Wexler (1911–1962), the lead scientist in the US research program for the International Geophysical Year 1957 -1958 .
Web links
- Mount Wexler in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Wexler on geographic.org (English)