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==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
They were discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd [[Antarctic]] Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by [[Richard E. Byrd]] for John Oliver La Gorce, Vice President of the National Geographic Society. | They were discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd [[Antarctic]] Expedition geological party under [[Quin Blackburn]], and named by [[Richard E. Byrd]] for John Oliver La Gorce, Vice President of the National Geographic Society. | ||
==Noble titles== | ==Noble titles== | ||