Mount Morgan (Antarctica) Explained

Mount Morgan
Map:Antarctica
Elevation M:999
Range:Ford Ranges

Mount Morgan (-76.8833°N -177°W) is a 999m (3,278feet) high mountain in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land. It is located within the Ford Ranges 8km (05miles) northeast of Mount Swan.

The United States Antarctic Service discovered and mapped it during its 1939-1941 expedition. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the mountain in 1966 after Charles Gill Morgan (1906-1980), a geologist in the second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935) of the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd. [1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mount Morgan. GNIS.