Evans Butte

Evans Butte (85°55′S 145°16′W) is a prominent snow-topped butte, 2,570 metres (8,430 ft) high, standing at the head of Albanus Glacier and marking the southeast limit of the Tapley Mountains of Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Eldon L. Evans, U.S. Navy medical officer of the Byrd Station winter party, 1962.[1]

For the butte in Arizona, see Evans Butte (Grand Canyon).

References
  1. "Evans Butte". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-06.

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