Mount Reynolds
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Mount Reynolds is a snow-capped mountain
, 1,130 m, marked by steep, rocky lower slopes, standing at the south side of Violante Inlet
, on the east coast of Palmer Land
. Discovered by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in a flight from East Base on December 30, 1940. Named by the US-SCAN for Jeremiah (John) N. Reynolds, longtime protagonist (1826–38) of American exploration and expansion in the Pacific and the Antarctic.
Mountain
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, 1,130 m, marked by steep, rocky lower slopes, standing at the south side of Violante Inlet
Violante Inlet
Violante Inlet is an ice-filled inlet 16 nautical miles long, in an east-west direction, and 12 to 15 nautical miles wide, lying between Cape Fanning and Cape Herdman along the east coast of Palmer Land. Discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by members of the United States...
, on the east coast of Palmer Land
Palmer Land
Palmer Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between US-ACAN and UK-APC, in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of...
. Discovered by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in a flight from East Base on December 30, 1940. Named by the US-SCAN for Jeremiah (John) N. Reynolds, longtime protagonist (1826–38) of American exploration and expansion in the Pacific and the Antarctic.