Mount Davis (Antarctica)

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica
Sentinel Range map

Mount Davis (78°06′S 86°15′W / 78.100°S 86.250°W / -78.100; -86.250Coordinates: 78°06′S 86°15′W / 78.100°S 86.250°W / -78.100; -86.250) is a mountain located 1.6 km north of Mount Bentley and 2.4 km southeast of Mount Hale in the Sentinel Range, Antarctica. Discovered by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse party, 1957–58, and named for Leo E. Davis, geomagnetician and seismologist at Byrd Station in 1957.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Davis". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2006-10-09.

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