Mount Boyd
Mount Boyd (84°48′S 179°24′W / 84.800°S 179.400°W) is a pyramidal mountain, 2,960 metres (9,710 ft) high, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Mount Bennett, in the Bush Mountains. It was discovered and photographed by the United States Antarctic Service, 1939–41. It was surveyed by A.P. Crary, leader of the U.S. Ross Ice Shelf Traverse Party (1957–58), and named by him for Walter Boyd, Jr., a glaciologist with the party.[1]
References
- ^ "Boyd, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
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