Mount Astor
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Mount Astor is a prominent peak
, 3710 metres (12,171.9 ft) high, standing 2 miles (3 km) north of Mount Bowser
in the Hays Mountains
of the Queen Maud Mountains
. It was discovered by Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd
on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition flight of November 1929 to the South Pole
, and named by him for Vincent Astor
, contributor to the expedition.
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...
, 3710 metres (12,171.9 ft) high, standing 2 miles (3 km) north of Mount Bowser
Mount Bowser
Mount Bowser is a prominent peak, high, standing south of Mount Astor at the north end of Fram Mesa, in the Queen Maud Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for...
in the Hays Mountains
Hays Mountains
Hays Mountains is a large group of mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains, surmounting the divide between the lower portions of Amundsen and Scott Glaciers and extending from the vicinity of Mount Thorne on the northwest to Mount Dietz on the southeast. Discovered by R...
of 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...
. It was discovered by Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., USN was a naval officer who specialized in feats of exploration. He was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics...
on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition flight of November 1929 to the South Pole
South Pole
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole...
, and named by him for Vincent Astor
Vincent Astor
William Vincent Astor was a businessman and philanthropist and a member of the prominent Astor family.-Early life:...
, contributor to the expedition.