Mount Woods
Mount Woods | |
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![]() ![]() Mount Woods | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,170 m (3,840 ft) |
Coordinates | 84°40′S 64°30′W / 84.667°S 64.500°WCoordinates: 84°40′S 64°30′W / 84.667°S 64.500°W |
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Parent range | Patuxent Range |
Mount Woods is a bare, ridge-like mountain in Antarctica, 1,170 m, standing 4.5 nautical miles (8 km) northeast of O'Connell Nunatak in Anderson Hills in central Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos from 1956-66. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Clifford R. Woods Jr., a hospital corpsman at Palmer Station during the winter of 1967.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Woods" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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