Ford Rock
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Ford Peak is a rock peak
, 1,830 m, standing 6.5 nautical miles (12 km) west of Mount Billing
in the Prince Albert Mountains
, Victoria Land
. Named by the Southern Party
of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(NZGSAE), 1962–63, for M.R.J. Ford, asst. surveyor with that party, who had wintered over at Scott Base
in 1962.
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
, 1,830 m, standing 6.5 nautical miles (12 km) west of Mount Billing
Mount Billing
Mount Billing is a wedge-shaped mountain, high, standing between Mount Mallis and Mount Bowen in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Graham Billing, public relations officer at Scott Base, 1962–63 and 1963–64 seasons....
in the Prince Albert Mountains
Prince Albert Mountains
The Prince Albert Mountains are a major mountain group in Antarctica over 320 km long. Located in Victoria Land, they run north-south between the Priestley and Ferrar glaicers....
, Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. Named by the Southern Party
Southern Party
The Southern Party was a minor political party in the United States that operated exclusively in the South. The party supported states' rights and increased Southern cultural and regionalist activism....
of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. The 1957-58 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier...
(NZGSAE), 1962–63, for M.R.J. Ford, asst. surveyor with that party, who had wintered over at Scott Base
Scott Base
Scott Base is a research facility located in Antarctica and is operated by New Zealand. It was named after Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Royal Navy, leader of two British expeditions to the Ross Sea area of Antarctica...
in 1962.