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[[File:DAngelo.jpg|thumb|Map showing Mount Howe (right) and D'Angelo Bluff (left)]] | [[File:DAngelo.jpg|thumb|Map showing Mount Howe (right) and D'Angelo Bluff (left)]] | ||
'''Mount Howe''' (87°22′S 149°30′W) is an elongated mountain in [[Westarctica]], 2,930 meters (9,600 ft) high, comprising low connecting ridges and gable-shaped [[nunatak]]s. It rises at the east side of [[Scott Glacier]], near the head, directly opposite Mount McIntyre | '''Mount Howe''' (87°22′S 149°30′W) is an elongated mountain in [[Westarctica]], 2,930 meters (9,600 ft) high, comprising low connecting ridges and gable-shaped [[nunatak]]s. It rises at the east side of [[Scott Glacier]], near the head, directly opposite [[Mount McIntyre]] and [[D'Angelo Bluff]]. | ||
==Geographic significance== | ==Geographic significance== | ||
This mountain, including its small southern outlier, is the southernmost mountain in the world. It was discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party led by Quin Blackburn, and was named by Admiral Byrd for Louis McHenry Howe, secretary to the President of the United States at that time, Franklin D. Roosevelt. | This mountain, including its small southern outlier, is the southernmost mountain in the world. It was discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd [[Antarctic]] Expedition geological party led by [[Quin Blackburn]], and was named by [[Richard E. Byrd|Admiral Byrd]] for Louis McHenry Howe, secretary to the President of the United States at that time, Franklin D. Roosevelt. | ||
==Existence of life== | ==Existence of life== | ||
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==Blue ice runway== | ==Blue ice runway== | ||
[[File:MountHowe-AWS.png|350px|thumb|Automatic Weather Station on Mount Howe]] | |||
The Mount Howe area has the closest blue ice runway to the [[South Pole]] (an area with no net annual snow accumulation with an ice surface capable of supporting aircraft landing on wheels instead of skis). | The Mount Howe area has the closest blue ice runway to the [[South Pole]] (an area with no net annual snow accumulation with an ice surface capable of supporting aircraft landing on wheels instead of skis). | ||