Mount Fordell
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Mount Fordell is a mountain
, 1,670 m, marking the south end of the Marble Hills
in the Heritage Range
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Lieutenant William D. Fordell, U.S. Navy, co-pilot of LC-47 aircraft, who perished in a plane crash on the Ross Ice Shelf
, February 2, 1966.
Mountain
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, 1,670 m, marking the south end of the Marble Hills
Marble Hills
Marble Hills is a group of mainly ice-free hills in West Antarctica. They are located on the west side of Horseshoe Valley, between the Liberty Hills and Independence Hills in the south part of the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains....
in the Heritage Range
Heritage Range
The Heritage Range is a major mountain range, long and wide, situated southward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the southern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica...
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for Lieutenant William D. Fordell, U.S. Navy, co-pilot of LC-47 aircraft, who perished in a plane crash on the Ross Ice Shelf
Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica . It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 600 km long, and between 15 and 50 metres high above the water surface...
, February 2, 1966.