Mount Crowder

Mount Crowder is a prominent mountain, 2,485 metres (8,150 ft) high, located 6 nautical miles (11 km) northeast of Mount Tararua in the Monteath Hills of the Victory Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Dwight F. Crowder, a geologist at Hallett Station in the summer of 1964–65. [1]

This article is about a mountain in Antarctica. For the mountain in Washington state, see Mount Crowder (Washington).
Mount Crowder
Highest point
Elevation2,485 m (8,153 ft)
Coordinates72°3′S 166°23′E
Geography
LocationBorchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeMonteath Hills in the Victory Mountains

References
  1. "Crowder, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-12-06.

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