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'''[[Mount Petras]]''' is a 2865 meter high prominent mountain in the shape of a ridge in [[Westarctica]]. The mountain is located 16 kilometers southeast of Mount Flint in the [[McCuddin Mountains]].
A '''[[blowtorch (drink)|blowtorch]]''' is an alcoholic cocktail invented by members of the 1928 Byrd [[Antarctic]] Expedition. The recipe calls for mixing lemon powder with grain alcohol and diluting the mixture with ice until it's drinkable.


The ancient volcanic deposits at Mount Petras provide the oldest terrestrial evidence for [[glacier|glacial ice]] in Marie Byrd Land. The relatively high relief pre-volcanic environment is suggestive of ongoing erosion and is inconsistent with previous interpretations of a regional, low relief, early Cenozoic West Antarctic Erosion Surface.
Dr. F. Dana Coman, the expedition's physician, and the man with the keys to the liquor supply, took some of the grain alcohol and mixed it with the lemon powder and the crushed orange juice concentrate. The men dubbed this extremely potent drink a "blowtorch." [[Richard Byrd]] himself participated in the festivities and every couple of weeks, he would authorize a tub of blowtorches to be made up and a party held to help the men relax and unwind during the long winter.


Scientists from the United States [[Antarctic]] Service Expedition (1939-1941) discovered Mount Petras during a flyover between 14 and 15 December 1940. The mountain was named in honor of Theodore Argyrios Petras (1911 - 2004), a master technical sergeant in the US Marine Corps, who served as the pilot of this flight.
Drinking contests broke out between the men, most notoriously between Danny Davies and [[Gould Coast|Larry Gould]], who got carried away and ordered everyone to "get cock-eyed drunk."


On 5 May 2015, the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] Baroness of Petras was granted to Leila Rozumski as a gift from her mother, Jennifer.
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