Mount_Morgan_(Antarctica)

Mount Morgan (Antarctica)

Mount Morgan (Antarctica)

Mountain in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica

For the mountain in Palmer Land, see Morgan Peak.

Mount Morgan (76°53′S 143°34′W) is a 999 metres (3,278 ft) high mountain in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land. It is located within the Ford Ranges 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northeast of Mount Swan.

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The United States Antarctic Service discovered and mapped it during its 1939-1941 expedition. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the mountain in 1966 after Charles Gill Morgan (1906-1980), a geologist in the second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935) of the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd. [1]

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    "Mount Morgan". GNIS.
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