Mount Ferranto
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Mount Ferranto is a mountain
which forms the extreme southwest projection of the main massif of the Fosdick Mountains
, in the Ford Ranges
of Marie Byrd Land
. Discovered by a sledging party of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition which visited this area in November–December 1934. Named for Felix Ferranto, radio and tractor operator with the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939–41).
Mountain
Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...
which forms the extreme southwest projection of the main massif of the Fosdick Mountains
Fosdick Mountains
The Fosdick Mountains is an East-West trending mountain range with marked serrate outlines, standing along the south side of Balchen Glacier at the head of Block Bay, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land....
, in the Ford Ranges
Ford Ranges
The Ford Ranges is a grouping of mountain ranges standing east of Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica...
of Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land is the portion of West Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approximately to a line between the head of the Ross Ice Shelf and Eights Coast. It stretches between 158°W and 103°24'W...
. Discovered by a sledging party of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition which visited this area in November–December 1934. Named for Felix Ferranto, radio and tractor operator with the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939–41).