Mount Crow
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Mount Crow is a mountain
just east of Mount McClung
in the Ford Ranges
, Marie Byrd Land
. Discovered and mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939–41). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Lieutenant J.L. Crow, MC, U.S. Navy, officer in charge at Byrd Station
, 1963.
Mountain
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just east of Mount McClung
Mount McClung
Mount McClung is a mountain 2 nautical miles southeast of Mount Gonzalez in the Sarnoff Mountains, Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered and mapped by the United States Antarctic Service . Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Lieutenant Herbert C. McClung, MC, U.S. Navy,...
in the Ford Ranges
Ford Ranges
The Ford Ranges is a grouping of mountain ranges standing east of Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica...
, Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land is the portion of West Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approximately to a line between the head of the Ross Ice Shelf and Eights Coast. It stretches between 158°W and 103°24'W...
. Discovered and mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939–41). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for Lieutenant J.L. Crow, MC, U.S. Navy, officer in charge at Byrd Station
Byrd Station
Byrd Station refers to a research station established by the United States during the International Geophysical Year by the U.S. Navy during Operation Deep Freeze II in West Antarctica at 80°, 120°W...
, 1963.