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	==Discovery and name==		==Discovery and name==
	Mount Aldaz was surveyed by United States Geological Survey on the [[~~Executive Committee~~ Range]] traverse of 1959. It was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names in honor of Luis Aldaz, a Meteorologist and Scientific Leader at [[Byrd Station]] in 1960.		Mount Aldaz was surveyed by United States Geological Survey on the [[McHenry Range]] traverse of 1959. It was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names in honor of Luis Aldaz, a Meteorologist and Scientific Leader at [[Byrd Station]] in 1960.

	Not only does Aldaz have a mountain named in association with him, but he also has a main-belt minor planet named in his honor: 13004 Aldaz (provisional designation: 1982 RR), discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station in Coconino County, Arizona, on 15 September 1982.		Not only does Aldaz have a mountain named in association with him, but he also has a main-belt minor planet named in his honor: 13004 Aldaz (provisional designation: 1982 RR), discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station in Coconino County, Arizona, on 15 September 1982.

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[[File:Mount-Aldaz.jpg|350px|thumb|Map showing the southern portion of the Usas Escarpment with Mount Aldaz circled in red]]
'''Mount Aldaz''' is a projecting-type mountain, rising to about 2,520 meters (8,270 ft) high, that barely protrudes from the [[ice]]-covered [[Usas Escarpment]], 22 miles (35 km) east-southeast of [[Mount Galla]], in [[Westarctica]].

The mountain is mostly ice-covered, but has notable rock outcropping along its northern spur.

==Discovery and name==
Mount Aldaz was surveyed by United States Geological Survey on the [[Executive Committee Range]] traverse of 1959. It was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names in honor of Luis Aldaz, a Meteorologist and Scientific Leader at [[Byrd Station]] in 1960.

Not only does Aldaz have a mountain named in association with him, but he also has a main-belt minor planet named in his honor: 13004 Aldaz (provisional designation: 1982 RR), discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station in Coconino County, Arizona, on 15 September 1982.

==Viscount of Aldaz==
On 18 January 2019, Herbert Graf was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] Viscount of Aldaz in recognition of his support of Westarctica.

[[Category: Mountains]]

Mount Aldaz - Revision history

DukeBearPeninsula: changed Executive Committee Range to McHenry Range

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