Mount Dalton

Mount Dalton (69°29′S 157°54′E) is a peak 1,175 metres (3,850 ft) high, in East Antarctica. It is on the east side of Matusevich Glacier, 6 nautical miles (11 km) southeast of Thompson Peak, in the northwest part of the Wilson Hills.

It was sketched and photographed by Phillip Law on February 20, 1959, during the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) (Magga Dan) expedition, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for R.F.M. Dalton, Technical Officer (aircraft) of the Antarctic Division and second-in-charge of this expedition.[1]

References
  1. "Dalton, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-12-16.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Dalton, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.