Mount Shirley
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Mount Shirley is an ice-covered mountain
whose east face is marked by a prominent cirque, surmounting the west side of the mouth of Land Glacier
in Marie Byrd Land
. Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939–41) and named for Charles C. Shirley, chief photographer at the USAS West Base.
Mountain
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whose east face is marked by a prominent cirque, surmounting the west side of the mouth of Land Glacier
Land Glacier
Land Glacier , is a broad, heavily-crevassed glacier, about 35 miles long, descending into Land Bay in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Discovered by the U.S. Antarctic Service and named for R. Admiral Emory S. Land, Chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission....
in 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 by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939–41) and named for Charles C. Shirley, chief photographer at the USAS West Base.