Mount McCormick
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Mount McCormick is a mountain
2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Mount Ralph
in the Ford Ranges
, Marie Byrd Land
. Discovered and mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939–41). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for W.S. McCormick, airplane pilot with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1933–35).
Mountain
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2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southeast of Mount Ralph
Mount Ralph
Mount Ralph is a mountain between Mount Gilmour and Mount McCormick in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered and mapped by the United States Antarctic Service . Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Ralph W. Smith, airplane pilot with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition ....
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...
, 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 and mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939–41). 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 W.S. McCormick, airplane pilot with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1933–35).