Mount Young
| Mount Young | ||
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| height | 770 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 27 '0 " S , 179 ° 48' 0" W | |
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Mount Young is a 770 m high mountain on the Dufek coast in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . As the northernmost peak of the mountain range, it rises along the eastern flank of the Ramsey Glacier directly at its confluence with the Ross Ice Shelf .
The mountain was discovered and photographed during overflights on February 16, 1947 as part of the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1962 after the New Zealander Henry Richard Young (1892-1966), mechanic in the first two Antarctic expeditions ( 1928-1930 and 1933-1935) of the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd .
Web links
- Mount Young in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Young on geographic.org (English)