Wilson portal
| Wilson portal | ||
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| height | 1000 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ S , 178 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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 1965 Dufek Coast map , the Wilson portal near the center of the western edge of the map |
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The Wilson Portal is a 1000 m high mountain on the Dufek coast in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 4 km southeast of O'Leary Peak on the west side of the mouth of the Kosco Glacier in the Ross Ice Shelf . Apart from its steep northern flank, the mountain is covered with snow. Some rock spurs extend north-east from the mountain .
The mountain was discovered and photographed during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) during an overflight between February 29 and March 1, 1940. The American geophysicist Albert P. Crary (1911–1997) took between 1957 and in 1958 a survey of the mountain. Crary named the mountain after Charles R. Wilson, chief aurora scientist at Little America V station and glaciologist for a team that had explored Victoria Land between 1958 and 1959 .
Web links
- Wilson portal in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wilson Portal on geographic.org (English)