Mount Dowling
Appearance
Mount Dowling (72°31′S 98°3′W / 72.517°S 98.050°W) is a small mountain overlooking the south coast of Thurston Island, about 13 nautical miles (24 km) east of Von der Wall Point. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Forrest L. Dowling, a geophysicist at Byrd Station, 1960–61.[1]
See also
Maps
- Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
References
- ^ "Dowling, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Dowling, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.