Mount Wade

Mount Wade is a massive mountain in Antarctica. It is the most distinctive landmark in its region and the highest in its range, standing six kilometres northwest of Mount Campbell in the Prince Olav Mountains. It is easily viewed from Shackleton Glacier or the Ross Ice Shelf.

Mount Wade
Highest point
Elevation4,085 m (13,402 ft)[1]
Coordinates84°51′S 174°19′W[1]
Geography
LocationAntarctica
Parent rangePrince Olav Mountains

The mountain was discovered by Roald Amundsen in 1911. It was photographed by Richard Evelyn Byrd on flights to the Queen Maud Mountains in November 1929 and named by US-SCAN for Franklin Alton Wade (1903–78), a geologist with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1933–35).[1]

References
  1. "Mount Wade". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2004-11-12.

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