Mount Zeigler
| Mount Zeigler | ||
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| height | 1120 m | |
| location | Marie-Byrd-Land ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Mountains | Ford Ranges | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ S , 143 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Zeigler is a 1120 m high mountain in Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica . In the Allegheny Mountains of the Ford Ranges, it rises 5 km north-northeast of Mount Swartley .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the mountain in 1970 after Luther L. Zeigler (1922-2006), pilot of an LC-130F Hercules at Operation Deep Freeze in 1968.
Web links
- Mount Zeigler in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Zeigler on geographic.org (English)