Durham Point
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Durham Point is a small rock spur extending north from Mount Durham
at the northwest end of the Tapley Mountains
, in the Queen Maud Mountains
. The feature was visited in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named in association with Mount Durham.
Mount Durham
Mount Durham is a mainly ice-free mountain, 860 m, standing at the east side of the mouth of Scott Glacier and marking the northwest limit of the Tapley Mountains in the Queen Maud Mountains. First observed in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence Gould...
at the northwest end of the Tapley Mountains
Tapley Mountains
The Tapley Mountains is a mountain range fronting on the eastern side of the Scott Glacier, extending eastward for between Leverett and Albanus glaciers in the Queen Maud Mountains, a part of the larger Transantarctic Mountains....
, in the Queen Maud Mountains
Queen Maud Mountains
The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the polar plateau in Antarctica...
. The feature was visited in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named in association with Mount Durham.