Earth:Mount Moses

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Short description: Mountain in Ellsworth Land, Antarctica


Mount Moses ( [ ⚑ ] : 74°33′S 99°11′W / 74.55°S 99.183°W / -74.55; -99.183) is, at 750 metres (2,460 ft), the highest and most prominent of the Hudson Mountains of Antarctica, located near the center of the group, about 14 nautical miles (26 km) north-northeast of Mount Manthe. It was mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in 1946–47, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Robert L. Moses, a geomagnetist and seismologist at Byrd Station in 1967.[1]

See also

  • Mountains in Antarctica

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Moses" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).