Matador Mountain is a prominent, ice-free mountain

Mountain

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, 1,950 m, standing at the south side of the mouth of Gallup Glacier

Gallup Glacier

Gallup Glacier is a broad glacier, about 12 nautical miles long, flowing east between Mount Rosenwald and Mount Black to enter Shackleton Glacier just north of Matador Mountain. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Commander F.S. Gallup, Jr., USN. Commanding Officer of Squadron...

 where the latter enters Shackleton Glacier

Shackleton Glacier

Shackleton Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier, over long and from 8 to 16 km wide, descending from the polar plateau from the vicinity of Roberts Massif and flowing north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf between Mount Speed and Waldron Spurs. The Roberts Massif...

. Matador Mountain was named by F. Alton Wade, leader of the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition

Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition

The Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition took place first from 1962/63 and then again from 1964/65. The expedition, led by F. Alton Wade, was sponsored by Texas Technological College...

 (1962-63). The name comes from the former moniker of Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the...

's (then Texas Technological College

History of Texas Tech University

The history of Texas Tech University dates back to the early 1880s, but the university was not established until 1923.-Establishment:The call to open a college in West Texas began shortly after the arrival of settlers in the area in the 1880s. In 1917, the Texas legislature passed a bill creating a...

) athletic teams. All three members of the party were affiliated with the college.