Mount Edixon
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Mount Edixon is a mountain
, 2,080 m, located 6 nautical miles (11 km) southeast of Bowers Peak
in the Lanterman Range
, Bowers Mountains
. Named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(NZGSAE), 1963–64, for Lieutenant James R. Edixon, pilot with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6
, who, with considerable willingness and skill, was responsible for the expedition's air support.
Mountain
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, 2,080 m, located 6 nautical miles (11 km) southeast of Bowers Peak
Bowers Peak
Bowers Peak is a peak, high, forming a part of the divide between Hunter Glacier and Hoshko Glacier in the Lanterman Range, Bowers Mountains. Named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1963–64, for Lieutenant John M. Bowers, Jr., of U.S. Navy Squadron...
in the Lanterman Range
Lanterman Range
Lanterman Range is a mountain range about 35 nautical miles long and 12 nautical miles wide, forming the southwest part of the Bowers Mountains. It is bounded by the Rennick, Sledgers, Black and Canham Glaciers. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos,...
, Bowers Mountains
Bowers Mountains
Bowers Mountains is a group of north-south trending mountains in Antarctica, about 145 km long and 56 km wide, bounded by the coast on the north and by the Rennick, Canham, Black and Lillie glaciers in other quadrants. The seaward end was first sighted in February 1911 from the Terra...
. Named by the northern party 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), 1963–64, for Lieutenant James R. Edixon, pilot with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6
VX-6
Air Development Squadron Six was a United States Navy Air Development Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica...
, who, with considerable willingness and skill, was responsible for the expedition's air support.