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59-613: The Tapley Mountains ( 85°45′S 149°00′W  /  85.750°S 149.000°W  / -85.750; -149.000 ) is a range of mountains fronting on the eastern side of the Scott Glacier , extending eastward for 35 nautical miles (65 km; 40 mi) between Leverett Glacier and Albanus Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. The Tapley Mountains were discovered in December 1929 by

118-603: A one-room school for two years, while saving money for college. He enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1916, but interrupted his education the following year to enlist in the U.S. Army following U.S. entry into World War I . He served in the Army until 1919, when he returned to the university to resume his studies. After graduating in 1921 with a B.S. degree in geology he joined the University of Michigan faculty as

177-578: A geology instructor while continuing his studies there. During his undergraduate days, he was the founder of the Beta Tau chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. He also was an active member in the university Society of Les Voyageurs . He received an M.A. degree in 1923 and a D.Sc. degree in 1925, with a dissertation on the geology of Utah's La Sal Mountains , and he advanced to assistant professor in 1926, and to associate professor in 1930. In

236-811: A member of the latter party. 85°32′S 151°12′W  /  85.533°S 151.200°W  / -85.533; -151.200 . A small rock spur extending north from Mount Durham at the northwest end of the Tapley Mountains. The feature was visited in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named in association with Mount Durham. 85°34′S 150°30′W  /  85.567°S 150.500°W  / -85.567; -150.500 . A narrow rock point lying 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) east-southeast of Durham Point, near

295-622: A mountain massif of the Queen Maud Range, rise to elevations of about 13,000 feet and lie between the upper parts of the Scott and Amundsen Glaciers. The Will Hays Mountains (85°57' S., 155°20' W.) also in the Queen Maud Range, surmount the divide between the lower ends of these two glaciers. Mount Thorne rises to 6,000 feet in the Will Hays Mountains. Mount Weaver (86°57' S, 152°20' W.), about 10,000 feet high, marks

354-528: A person's eyelids shut. Additionally, he published several scientific articles about the findings of the Byrd expedition. In 1932 Gould and his family moved to Minnesota after he accepted a position as a full professor at Carleton College where he founded and served as chairman of the geology department. Gould was named president of the college in 1945, holding that position until 1962. In 1962 he took his retirement package from Carleton College, and then accepted

413-621: A position on the geology faculty at the University of Arizona where he taught from 1963 through 1979. He also served as President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science . During his lifetime, Gould was the recipient of 26 honorary degrees. In 1995 Carleton College renamed its college library the Laurence McKinley Gould Library in his honor. The R/V Laurence M. Gould ,

472-463: A rescue flight that found them marooned but well. During that time they had continued scientific observations. On November 4, 1929, Gould and five companions began a grueling 2½ month, 1500-mile dog-sledge journey into the Queen Maud Mountains , with the primary purpose of providing ground support and possible emergency assistance for Byrd's historic first airplane flight over the South Pole and

531-525: A secondary purpose of conducting the first geological and glaciological survey of an area that Gould called "a veritable paradise for a geologist." After the flight over the Pole in November 1929, Gould and his companions climbed Mount Fridtjof Nansen to investigate its geology. The layered sandstones that Gould found in outcrops at the mountain's peak helped confirm that Antarctica was linked geologically to

590-506: A student in one of his classes at the University of Michigan. In the months and years after returning from Antarctica, Gould traveled around the US giving lectures on the experience. His 1931 book Cold: the Record of an Antarctic Sledge Journey described the dog-sledge trek, recalling blinding blizzards , snow bridges that collapsed into deep crevasses, and weather so cold that it nearly froze

649-584: A supporter of the expedition. 85°39′S 151°24′W  /  85.650°S 151.400°W  / -85.650; -151.400 . One of the Tapley Mountains, 1,490 metres (4,890 ft) high, standing at the south side of the mouth of Roe Glacier at the juncture with Scott Glacier. Named by US-ACAN for J. Allen Wallace, Jr., meteorologist, South Pole Station winter party, 1960. 85°36′S 150°48′W  /  85.600°S 150.800°W  / -85.600; -150.800 . Mountain, 840 metres (2,760 ft) high, between Mount Durham and Pincer Point in

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708-551: A tributary of the Scott Glacier. The Roe Glacier , another tributary of the Scott Glacier, runs northwest through the western Tapley Mountains. Features in the west include Bobo Ridge, Mount Hamilton, Mount Seebeck, Mount Stahlman, Mount Wallace, and (south of Roe Glacier) Mount Bushnell, Mount Durham, Durham Point and Pincer Point. Features to the east, between Albanus Glacier and Leverett Glacier, include Welch Peak, Mount Herr, Mount Gould, Mount Andes and Evans Butte. Many of

767-489: Is marked by a detached land mass, about 30 miles long in a southeast-northwest direction. Southward of this massif is Albanus Glacier (Phillips Glacier), which flows westward and merges with the lower heights of Robert Scott Glacier. The Albanus Glacier and the Leverett Glacier bifurcate at the eastern extremity of the detached land mass in about 85°48' S., 146° W. Scott Glacier was discovered in December 1929 by

826-585: The American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1964. His namesakes include the research vessel Laurence M. Gould as well as Antarctic features including Gould Bay , Gould Coast , and Mount Gould . Gould was born in Lacota, Michigan on August 22, 1896. After completing high school in South Haven, Michigan in 1914, he went to Boca Raton, Florida and taught grades 1 to 8 in

885-735: The Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence Gould . Scott Glacier was originally called Thorne Glacier. The Scott Glacier was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after early Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott , who never saw the Scott Glacier but rather ascended the Beardmore Glacier to the west en route to the South Pole in 1911–12. It was first ski traversed in January 1990 by Martyn Williams (Canada,

944-599: The Gothic Mountains . It drains west between Outlook Peak and Organ Pipe Peaks into Scott Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN aerial photographs, 1960-64. The descriptive name was proposed by Edmund Stump, leader of a USARP-Arizona State University geological party which established a base camp on the glacier in January 1981. 85°52′S 151°00′W  /  85.867°S 151.000°W  / -85.867; -151.000 . A glacier, 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) long, flowing west along

1003-682: The Hays Mountains . Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN in association with Mount Vaughan. 85°42′S 154°24′W  /  85.700°S 154.400°W  / -85.700; -154.400 . A low gradient glacier flowing northeast from Mount Griffith in the Hays Mountains to the Karo Hills . First seen and roughly mapped by the ByrdAE, 1928-30. Named by US-ACAN for Peter H. Koerwitz, biolab manager at McMurdo Station in 1965. Tributaries from

1062-592: The Richard E. Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence McKinley Gould . They were named by Byrd for Harold Tapley of Dunedin , New Zealand, agent for the Byrd Antarctic Expedition of 1928–30 and 1933–35. The western end of the Tapley Mountains runs along the lower end of the Scott Glacier, and the Ross Ice Shelf to the north. The mountains are to the north of the Albanus Glacier ,

1121-526: The Tapley Mountains to enter Scott Glacier just south of Mount Durham . Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Derrell M. Roe, a member of summer parties at McMurdo Station in 1963-64 and 1964–65 and station engineer with the McMurdo winter party in 1966. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of

1180-636: The United States Geological Survey . Laurence McKinley Gould Laurence McKinley Gould (August 22, 1896 – June 21, 1995) was an American geologist , educator, and polar explorer. He made expeditions to both the Arctic and Antarctic, and was chief scientist on Richard Evelyn Byrd 's first Antarctic expedition, which Gould described in his 1931 book Cold: the Record of an Antarctic Sledge Journey. He served as president of Carleton College from 1945 to 1962, and president of

1239-743: The Watson Escarpment to the east, from which the Howe Glacier and Griffith Glacier join it from the right. To the north of Mount Ruth , to the west of the Scott Glacier, the Bartlett Glacier joins from the left. Tributaries of the Bartlett Glacier include the Holdsworth Glacier and the Souchez Glacier. Further north, the Scott Glacier flows past the Tapley Mountains to the east, from which it receives

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1298-602: The Albanus Glacier and the Roe Glacier. From the Queen Maud Mountains to the west it receives the Vaughan Glacier. The Koerwitz Glacier flows beside the Scott Glacier then pulls away at Mount Salisbury in the Karo Hills . The head of the Scott Glacier forms between the D'Angelo Bluff and Mount McIntyre to the west and Mount Howe to the east. The glacier flows north past Mount Early and Sunny Ridge to

1357-639: The Amundsen Glacier the foothills are more nearly submerged beneath snow and ice, and show greater evidence of glacierization than those in the vicinity of the Axel Heiberg and Liv Glaciers. About 15 miles eastward of the Amundsen Glacier is the Robert Scott Glacier (Thorne Glacier), from 5 to 15 miles wide, trending in a north-south direction about 90 miles. Thorvald Nilsen Mountains (Mount Thorvald Nilsen) (86°W' S.,158°00' W.),

1416-599: The ByrdAE geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd for Capt. Robert A. Bartlett of Brigus, Newfoundland, noted Arctic navigator and explorer who recommended that the expedition acquire the Bear, an ice-ship which was purchased and rechristened by Byrd as the Bear of Oakland. Not: Bob Bartlett Glacier. 86°30′S 154°00′W  /  86.500°S 154.000°W  / -86.500; -154.000 . A tributary glacier about 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) long, flowing northeast from Fuller Dome to enter

1475-490: The ByrdAE geological party under Quin Blackburn. Named by US-ACAN for Cdr. Eugene W. Van Reeth, pilot with USN Squadron VX-6 in Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze 1966, 1967 and 1968, and Squadron Commander in 1969. 86°14′S 149°12′W  /  86.233°S 149.200°W  / -86.233; -149.200 . A short tributary glacier draining west into Scott Glacier immediately north of Mount Russell , in

1534-918: The Earth's southern continents in Gondwana . The expedition's progress had been reported regularly in the news media, and after his return he received the Byrd Antarctic Expedition Medal in gold, the 1930 David Livingstone Gold Medal of the American Geographical Society , and a Medal of the Mayor's Committee of the City of New York . On August 2, 1930, two weeks after returning from Antarctica, Gould married Margaret ("Peg") Rice in Ann Arbor, Michigan . She had been

1593-699: The National Academy of Sciences Committee on Polar Research, and chairman of the international Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. 85°53′S 146°46′W  /  85.883°S 146.767°W  / -85.883; -146.767 . Peak, 2,525 metres (8,284 ft) high, in the southeast part of the Tapley Mountains. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Cdr. Paul G. Andes, United States Navy, pilot at McMurdo Station, 1962-63 and 1963-64. 85°55′S 145°16′W  /  85.917°S 145.267°W  / -85.917; -145.267 . Prominent snow-topped butte, 2,570 metres (8,430 ft) high, standing at

1652-730: The Polar Plateau and flows north between Mount Wilbur and the Davis Hills . The Poulter Glacier enters from the left (west) to the north of Mount Innes-Taylor . The Klein Glacier enters from the right (east) to the north of the David Hills. The Robison Glacier enters from the right to the south of Mount Bowlin and the VanReeth Glacier enters from the right to the north of Mount Bowlin. The Scott Glacier flows past

1711-950: The Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Robert C. Howe of USN Squadron VX-6, photographer on Operation Deep Freeze 1966 and 1967. 86°11′S 149°24′W  /  86.183°S 149.400°W  / -86.183; -149.400 . A tributary glacier draining westward from the California Plateau and Watson Escarpment to enter Scott Glacier between Mount McKercher and Mount Meeks . Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Cdr. Philip G. Griffith, aircraft commander on photographic flights during Operation Deep Freeze 1966 and 1967. 86°00′S 150°25′W  /  86.000°S 150.417°W  / -86.000; -150.417 . A glacier almost completely encircled by

1770-528: The US-ACAN for Henrik Mohn , Norwegian meteorologist and author of the meteorological report of this expedition. Tributaries from the left (west) include from south to north: 86°50′S 153°30′W  /  86.833°S 153.500°W  / -86.833; -153.500 . A tributary glacier draining east along the south flank of the Rawson Mountains to enter Scott Glacier. Discovered by

1829-443: The central part of the Tapley Mountains. Discovered in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence Gould. Named by Byrd for president Laurence McKinley Gould of Carleton College, polar explorer, who served as geologist and second in command of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. From 1955-70, Gould was a leader in the planning of the U.S. Antarctic Research Program, and has served as chairman of

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1888-407: The east flank of Scott Glacier between Mount Wallace and Mount Hamilton, at the west end of the Tapley Mountains. First observed in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence Gould. Visited in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd for James G. Stahlman , newspaper publisher of Nashville, Tennessee ,

1947-793: The east side of Scott Glacier, near the head, directly opposite Mount Mclntyre. This mountain, including its small southern outlier, apparently is the southernmost mountain in the world. Discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party led by Quin Blackburn. Named by Admiral Byrd for Louis McHenry Howe , secretary to the President of the United States at that time, Franklin D. Roosevelt. 87°04′S 153°46′W  /  87.067°S 153.767°W  / -87.067; -153.767 . A solitary volcanic cone, 2,720 metres (8,920 ft) high, standing 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) north of D'Angelo Bluff, on

2006-431: The east side of the mouth of Scott Glacier and marking the northwest limit of the Tapley Mountains. First observed in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence Gould. The mountain was climbed in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and was named by Byrd after Durham, NH, seat of the University of New Hampshire and home of Stuart D.L. Paine,

2065-484: The expedition's chief scientist and second-in-command. In March 1929 Gould along with Harold June and Bernt Balchen flew in the expeditions Fokker Universal east to establish a geologic camp near the Rockefeller Mountains at the edge of what would soon be known as Marie Byrd Land .  A furious blizzard hit, destroying their plane. Not having radio contact with the party for ten days, Byrd made

2124-490: The features were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-63. Features of the western end of the range, from south to north, include: 85°51′S 150°48′W  /  85.850°S 150.800°W  / -85.850; -150.800 . An isolated rock ridge 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) long, extending west along

2183-506: The geological party of the ByrdAE, 1933–35, and named by Byrd for Thomas C. Poulter, second in command of the expedition. 86°15′S 152°00′W  /  86.250°S 152.000°W  / -86.250; -152.000 . A tributary glacier, about 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) long and 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) wide at its terminus. It flows northeast from Nilsen Plateau and joins Scott Glacier close north of Mount Gardiner . Discovered in December 1934 by

2242-600: The head of Albanus Glacier and marking the southeast limit of the Tapley Mountains. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Eldon L. Evans, United States Navy, medical officer of the Byrd Station winter party, 1962. Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains) The Scott Glacier originates on the Antarctic Plateau in the vicinity of D'Angelo Bluff and Mount Howe , and descends between the Nilsen Plateau and

2301-461: The leader and guide) and Jerry Corr (USA) traveling from the South Pole to the Ross Ice Shelf and then by Mike McDowell (Australia) in 1992, on a ski traverse from the South Pole to the coast. Thus Williams and Corr were the first people to traverse Antarctica under human power as described in the book The Snotsicle Traverse by Jerry Corr. Download coordinates as: The Scott Glacier forms on

2360-520: The mountains of the Watson Escarpment to enter Ross Ice Shelf just west of the Tapley Mountains . The Tapley Mountains , Watson Escarpment , Mount Blackburn , and the La Gorce Mountains bound the Scott Glacier on its eastern margin, while the Karo Hills , Hays Mountains , Faulkner Escarpment , and Rawson Mountains define the western edge of the Scott's drainage. According to Sailing Directions for Antarctica (1960),"Eastward of

2419-570: The north side of La Gorce Mountains to enter Scott Glacier. Discovered in December 1934 by the ByrdAE geological party under Quin Blackburn. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Cdr. Layton E. Robison, pilot with USN Squadron VX-6 during Operation Deep Freeze 1964, 1965 and 1966. 86°25′S 148°00′W  /  86.417°S 148.000°W  / -86.417; -148.000 . A tributary glacier about 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) long, draining westward to Scott Glacier between Mount Blackburn and Mount Bowlin . Discovered in December 1934 by

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2478-485: The north side of Albanus Glacier and marking the southwest extremity of the Tapley Mountains. First roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35. Named by US-ACAN for Robert Bobo, meteorologist with the McMurdo Station winter party of 1963. 85°44′S 151°53′W  /  85.733°S 151.883°W  / -85.733; -151.883 . A mountain 1,410 metres (4,630 ft) high, which marks

2537-766: The north side of the Tapley Mountains, 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) northwest of Mount Gould. Named by US-ACAN for Walton D. Welch, electronics technician with the Byrd Station winter party in 1957. 85°45′S 149°32′W  /  85.750°S 149.533°W  / -85.750; -149.533 . A peak, 1,730 metres (5,680 ft) high, located 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) northwest of Mount Gould. Named by US-ACAN after Lt. Arthur L. Herr, Jr., aircraft commander with United States Navy Squadron VX-6 at McMurdo Station, 1962-63 and 1963-64. 85°48′S 148°40′W  /  85.800°S 148.667°W  / -85.800; -148.667 . A prominent mountain, 2,385 metres (7,825 ft) high, surmounting

2596-429: The northwest end of the Tapley Mountains. First seen and roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. So named by US-ACAN because its appearance is similar to a part of a pincers. Features of the eastern part of the range, from west to east, include: 85°39′S 149°15′W  /  85.650°S 149.250°W  / -85.650; -149.250 . Peak, 1,010 metres (3,310 ft) high, standing at

2655-556: The northwest part of Tapley Mountains. First roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. Named by US-ACAN for Vivian C. Bushnell of the American Geographical Society, editor of the Society's Antarctic Map Folio Series . 85°33′S 151°12′W  /  85.550°S 151.200°W  / -85.550; -151.200 . A mainly ice-free mountain, 860 metres (2,820 ft) high, standing at

2714-614: The right (east) are from south to north: 86°48′S 150°00′W  /  86.800°S 150.000°W  / -86.800; -150.000 . A broad glacier near the edge of the polar plateau, flowing northwest into Scott Glacier immediately south of La Gorce Mountains . Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. Cdr. Verle W. Klein, pilot with USN Squadron VX-6 on Operation Deep Freeze, 1966 and 1967. 86°29′S 148°12′W  /  86.483°S 148.200°W  / -86.483; -148.200 . A broad tributary glacier flowing northwest along

2773-500: The south side of Tapley Mountains to enter Scott Glacier just north of Mount Zanuck . Discovered in December 1934 by the ByrdAE geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd for Albanus Phillips, Jr., manufacturer of Cambridge, MD, a patron of the ByrdAE of 1928-30 and 1933-35. Not: Phillips Glacier. 85°36′S 151°26′W  /  85.600°S 151.433°W  / -85.600; -151.433 . A tributary glacier, 10 miles (16 km) long, flowing northwest through

2832-450: The southeast side of Bartlett Glacier. Named by US-ACAN for Gerald Holdsworth, involved in geological studies at McMurdo Station, summer of 1965-66. 86°17′S 154°00′W  /  86.283°S 154.000°W  / -86.283; -154.000 . A tributary glacier about 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) long, flowing from Mount Crockett south along the east side of Faulkner Escarpment and then turning southeast to parallel

2891-472: The southern portal of the glacier at the polar plateau. Blackburn in 1934, found at Mount Weaver extensive coal beds and fossil tree section up to 18 inches in diameter. The eastern wall of the Robert Scott Glacier is marked by a series of isolated flat-topped mountains between which tributary glaciers drain from the polar plateau into the Thorne Valley. The eastern portal of the Robert Scott Glacier

2950-489: The southwest side of Hays Mountains . It joins Bartlett Glacier just south of Mount Dietz . Named by US-ACAN for Roland A. Souchez, involved in geological studies at McMurdo Station during the season of 1965-66. 85°55′S 153°12′W  /  85.917°S 153.200°W  / -85.917; -153.200 . A tributary glacier, 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) long, draining eastward from Mount Vaughan to enter Scott Glacier just south of Taylor Ridge , in

3009-589: The summer of 1926 Gould undertook his first trip to the Arctic , serving as assistant director and geologist with the University of Michigan Greenland Expedition. The following summer he was geographer and topologist for George P. Putnam 's expedition to survey the coast of Baffin Island in Arctic Canada . During 1928 to 1930 he accompanied Richard E. Byrd on his first expedition to Antarctica , serving as

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3068-605: The surface near the edge of the polar plateau. It extends southward from the western limit of Quarles Range for about 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) and includes the névé area adjacent to the heads of the Bowman, Devils, Amundsen and Scott Glaciers, in the Queen Maud Mountains. The feature was encountered in December 1911 by the South Pole Party of the Norwegian expedition under Roald Amundsen. Named by

3127-468: The west end of the Tapley Mountains, standing at the east side of the lower reaches of Scott Glacier. First observed by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence Gould in December 1929. Visited in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd for G.C. Hamilton, general manager of the McClatchy newspapers, of Sacramento, CA, who

3186-763: The west side and near the head of Scott Glacier. Discovered in December 1934 from nearby Mount Weaver by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party led by Quin Blackburn. Visited by the Ohio State University geological party led by George Doumani on November 21, 1962. Named by US-ACAN after Capt. Neal E. Early, USA, a member of the aviation unit that supported the USGS Topo East survey of this area, 1962-63. 87°00′S 154°26′W  /  87.000°S 154.433°W  / -87.000; -154.433 . A partly snow-free ridge that trends southward for 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) from

3245-552: The west side of Scott Glacier, near the head, directly opposite Mount Howe. Discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party led by Quin Blackburn. Named by Admiral Byrd for Marvin H. McIntyre , secretary to the President of the United States at that time, Franklin D. Roosevelt. 87°22′S 149°30′W  /  87.367°S 149.500°W  / -87.367; -149.500 . An elongated mountain, 2,930 metres (9,610 ft) high, comprising low connecting ridges and gable-shaped nunataks. It rises at

3304-489: The west. 87°18′S 154°00′W  /  87.300°S 154.000°W  / -87.300; -154.000 . A prominent north-facing rock bluff, 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) long, trending westward from Mount Mclntyre. The bluff stands at the west side of Scott Glacier, near the head, 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) south of Mount Early. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party led by Quin Blackburn, in December 1934. The bluff

3363-414: The western extremity of Mount Weaver . It stands at the west side of and near the head of Scott Glacier. The ridge was scaled by the Ohio State University geological party in November 1962. So named by party leader George Doumani because of very sunny conditions during the climb. 86°30′S 168°00′W  /  86.500°S 168.000°W  / -86.500; -168.000 A major depression in

3422-493: Was a contributor to the expedition. 85°44′S 150°46′W  /  85.733°S 150.767°W  / -85.733; -150.767 . A mountain standing directly at the head of Roe Glacier in the Tapley Mountains. Named by US-ACAN for Richard L. Seebeck, station engineer at McMurdo Station, winter party, 1962. 85°41′S 150°36′W  /  85.683°S 150.600°W  / -85.683; -150.600 . A mountain over 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) high, rising at

3481-532: Was visited December 5, 1962 by a geological party of the Ohio State University Institute of Polar Studies, led by George Doumani. Named by Doumani for CWO John D'Angelo, USA, helicopter pilot who landed the party on this bluff. 87°17′S 153°00′W  /  87.283°S 153.000°W  / -87.283; -153.000 . A rocky, flat, projecting-type mountain that forms the northeast extremity of D'Angelo Bluff. It rises at

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