Sarnoff Mountains
| Sarnoff Mountains | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Ford Ranges | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 10 ′ S , 145 ° 0 ′ W | |
 Boyd Glacier map sheet from 1969, Sarnoff Mountains in the middle of the northern edge of the map |
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The Sarnoff Mountains are a 40 km long and 6.5 to 13 km wide mountain range in the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . In the Ford Ranges they loom between the Arthur and Boyd Glaciers .
The western end of this mountain range was discovered during the overflight on December 5, 1929 as part of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–1930) and roughly mapped on the basis of aerial photographs. More detailed mappings were made in Byrd's second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935) and the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941). It is named after David Sarnoff (1891–1971), managing director of the Radio Corporation of America , which provided the radio equipment for Byrd's second Antarctic expedition.
Web links
- Sarnoff Mountains in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sarnoff Mountains on geographic.org (English)