Mount Zirzow
| Mount Zirzow | ||
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| height | 1615 m | |
| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Forrestal Range , Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 83 ° 7 ′ 59 ″ S , 49 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Zirzow is a 1615 m high mountain in Queen Elizabeth Land in West Antarctica . In the Forrestal Range of the Pensacola Mountains, it rises 6 km north of Mount Mann on the eastern edge of the Lexington Table .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1956 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after Commander Charles F. Zirzow (1922–1997), who ran from 1966 to 1967 served as Deputy Chief of Staff to the Commander of the US Navy Support Units in Antarctica .
Web links
- Mount Zirzow in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Zirzow on geographic.org (English)