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[[File:Orientation to Fosdick Mountains.jpg|thumb|Researchers in the Fosdick Mountains]] | [[File:Orientation to Fosdick Mountains.jpg|thumb|Researchers in the Fosdick Mountains]] | ||
The '''Fosdick Mountains''' (76°32′S 144°45′W) are an east–west trending mountain range with marked serrate outlines, standing along the south side of [[Balchen Glacier]] at the head of Block Bay, in the [[Ford Ranges]] of [[Westarctica]]. | The '''Fosdick Mountains''' (76°32′S 144°45′W) are an east–west trending mountain range with marked serrate outlines, standing along the south side of [[Balchen Glacier]] at the head of [[Block Bay]], in the [[Ford Ranges]] of [[Westarctica]]. | ||
==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
The mountains were discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1929, and named by [[Richard E. Byrd]] for Raymond B. Fosdick, who became president of the Rockefeller Foundation. | The mountains were discovered by the [[Byrd Antarctic Expedition]] in 1929, and named by [[Richard E. Byrd]] for Raymond B. Fosdick, who became president of the Rockefeller Foundation. | ||
[[File:Fosdick Mts.png|thumb|Map of the Fosdick Mountains]] | |||
==Features== | |||
* [[Mount Perkins]] | |||
* [[Mount Lockhart]] | |||
* [[Mount Avers]] | |||
* [[Neptune Nunataks]] | |||
[[Category:Mountains]] | [[Category:Mountains]] | ||
[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | ||