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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 [[Richard E. Byrd|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). | ||