Sisco Mesa
| Sisco Mesa | ||
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| height | 3350 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Wisconsin Range , Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ S , 127 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Sisco Mesa is a 3350 m high and icy table mountain with rocky steep slopes in the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . In the Wisconsin Range of the Horlick Mountains, it rises 3 km long and 3 km wide immediately north of Haworth Mesa between the head ends of the Norfolk and Olentangy glaciers .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the mountain on the basis of its own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1967 after the US diplomat Joseph J. Sisco (1919-2004) , Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs 1965-1969.
Web links
- Sisco Mesa in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sisco Mesa on geographic.org (English)