Mount Fridovich

Mount Fridovich (85°27′S 148°12′W / 85.450°S 148.200°W / -85.450; -148.200Coordinates: 85°27′S 148°12′W / 85.450°S 148.200°W / -85.450; -148.200) is a small mountain in Antarctica, 440 metres (1,440 ft) high, standing at the north side of the terminus of Leverett Glacier and marking the western limit of the Harold Byrd Mountains. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Bernard Fridovich, U.S. Navy, a meteorologist with the winter party at McMurdo Sound, 1957.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Fridovich, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-10.

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