Mount McClung
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Mount McClung is a mountain
2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Mount Gonzalez
in the Sarnoff Mountains
, 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) after Lieutenant Herbert C. McClung, MC, U.S. Navy, officer in charge at Byrd Station
, 1965.
Mountain
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2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Mount Gonzalez
Mount Gonzalez
Mount Gonzalez is a prominent mountain 1 nautical mile east of Asman Ridge in the Sarnoff Mountains, Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Antarctic Service and by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos...
in the Sarnoff Mountains
Sarnoff Mountains
Sarnoff Mountains is a range of mountains, 25 nautical miles long and 4 to 8 nautical miles wide separating the west-flowing Boyd and Arthur Glaciers in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. The west end of the range was discovered and roughly plotted from photos taken by Byrd Antarctic Expedition...
, 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) after Lieutenant Herbert C. McClung, 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...
, 1965.