Mount Salisbury (Antarctica)

Mount Salisbury is an ice-free mountain, with a height of 970 m. It stands at the west side of the lower Scott Glacier at the south end of the Karo Hills. It was first seen and roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, between 1928–30. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after James B. Salisbury who made cosmic radiation studies at McMurdo Station in 1965.[1]

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  1. "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
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