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[[File:512px-Heritage-Range-location-map.png|thumb|Approximate location of Mount Johns]]'''Mount Johns''' (79°37′S 91°14′W) is a solitary [[nunatak]] rising 90 | [[File:512px-Heritage-Range-location-map.png|thumb|Approximate location of Mount Johns]]'''Mount Johns''' (79°37′S 91°14′W) is a solitary [[nunatak]] rising 90 meters (300 ft) above the [[ice]] surface, about 50 nautical miles (93 km) west of the Heritage Range, in the Ellsworth Mountains of [[Antarctica]], within the declared borders of [[Westarctica]]. | ||
==Discovery and name== | |||
It was discovered by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party on January 27, 1958, and was named for Robert H. Johns (1932–58), an International Geophysical Year Byrd Station meteorologist in 1957 who died in the Arctic following his tour of duty at [[Byrd Station]]. | |||
[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category: Geography of Westarctica]] |
Latest revision as of 16:37, 16 May 2018
Mount Johns (79°37′S 91°14′W) is a solitary nunatak rising 90 meters (300 ft) above the ice surface, about 50 nautical miles (93 km) west of the Heritage Range, in the Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica, within the declared borders of Westarctica.
Discovery and name
It was discovered by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party on January 27, 1958, and was named for Robert H. Johns (1932–58), an International Geophysical Year Byrd Station meteorologist in 1957 who died in the Arctic following his tour of duty at Byrd Station.