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Mount Faget

Coordinates: 71°44′S 168°26′E / 71.733°S 168.433°E / -71.733; 168.433
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Mount Faget
Highest point
Elevation3,360 m (11,020 ft)
Coordinates71°44′S 168°26′E / 71.733°S 168.433°E / -71.733; 168.433
Geography
LocationPennell Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeAdmiralty Mountains

Mount Faget (71°44′S 168°26′E / 71.733°S 168.433°E / -71.733; 168.433) is a mountain, 3,360 metres (11,020 ft) high, 4 nautical miles (7 km) northwest of Mount Adam in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. This topographical feature was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Maxime A. Faget of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a visitor at McMurdo Station, Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, 1966–67.[1] It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.[2] The mountain lies situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare.

References

  1. ^ "Faget, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
  2. ^ Parker, Quentin (2010). Welcome to Horneytown, North Carolina, Population: 15: An insider's guide to 201 of the world's weirdest and wildest places. Adams Media. pp. xi.

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