Mount Goodale
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Mount Goodale is a mountain
with double summits, 2,420 m and 2,570 m, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) southeast of Mount Thorne
in the Hays Mountains
of the Queen Maud Mountains
. Discovered in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence Gould, and named by Byrd after Edward E. Goodale, a member of that party. From 1959 to 1968 Goodale served as United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Representative in Christchurch, New Zealand
, and facilitated the passage of thousands of researchers to Antarctica and return.
Mountain
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with double summits, 2,420 m and 2,570 m, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) southeast of Mount Thorne
Mount Thorne
Mount Thorne is a prominent peak, 1,465 m, rising on the east flank of Amundsen Glacier, 6 nautical miles northwest of Mount Goodale, in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence Gould, and named...
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...
. Discovered in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence Gould, and named by Byrd after Edward E. Goodale, a member of that party. From 1959 to 1968 Goodale served as United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Representative in Christchurch, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, and facilitated the passage of thousands of researchers to Antarctica and return.