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Mount Ekblaw

Coordinates: 77°19′S 141°48′W / 77.317°S 141.800°W / -77.317; -141.800
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Mount Ekblaw (77°19′S 141°48′W / 77.317°S 141.800°W / -77.317; -141.800) is a mountain, 1,235 metres (4,050 ft) high, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Mount Van Valkenburg in the eastern part of the Clark Mountains in Marie Byrd Land. It was discovered on aerial flights from the West Base of the United States Antarctic Service in 1940 and named for W. E. Ekblaw, professor of geography at Clark University and a member of the Crocker Land Expedition in the Arctic (1913–1917).[1]

References

  1. ^ "Ekblaw, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-02-27.

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