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Mount Blair (Antarctica)

Coordinates: 72°32′S 160°49′E / 72.533°S 160.817°E / -72.533; 160.817
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Mount Blair
Mount Blair is located in Antarctica
Mount Blair
Mount Blair
Highest point
Elevation2,120 m (6,960 ft)
Naming
EtymologyTerence T. Blair, biologist at McMurdo Station
Geography
ContinentAntarctica
AreaVictoria Land
Range coordinates72°32′S 160°49′E / 72.533°S 160.817°E / -72.533; 160.817
Parent rangeOutback Nunataks

Mount Blair is a small but conspicuous mountain, 2,120 metres (6,960 ft) high, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) northwest of Mount Weihaupt in the Outback Nunataks, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The topographical feature was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–64, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Terence T. Blair, former biologist who contributed to his biological studies at McMurdo Station, Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, during the Summer of 1966–67.[1] The mountain lies on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare.

References

  1. ^ "Blair, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-07-25.

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

72°32′S 160°49′E / 72.533°S 160.817°E / -72.533; 160.817