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Mount Fordell

Coordinates: 80°19′S 82°9′W / 80.317°S 82.150°W / -80.317; -82.150
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Mount Fordell (80°19′S 82°9′W / 80.317°S 82.150°W / -80.317; -82.150) is a mountain, 1,670 metres (5,480 ft) high, marking the south end of the Marble Hills in the Heritage Range, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant William D. Fordell, U.S. Navy, a co-pilot of LC-47 aircraft, who perished in a plane crash on the Ross Ice Shelf on February 2, 1966.[1]

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References

  1. ^ "Fordell, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 30 March 2012.

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


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