Mount Shattuck
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Mount Shattuck is a peak
, 1,430 m, located at the south end of Independence Hills
, about 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Redpath Peaks
, in the Heritage Range
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for aviation machinist Wayne M. Shattuck, U.S. Navy, air crewman on LC-47 aircraft, who perished in a crash on the Ross Ice Shelf
, February 2, 1966.
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
, 1,430 m, located at the south end of Independence Hills
Independence Hills
Independence Hills is a line of rugged hills and peaks, 10 miles long, with mainly bare rock eastern slopes. They lie 3 miles southeast of Marble Hills and form the south segment of the west wall of Horseshoe Valley, in the Heritage Range of Antarctica. Independence Hills were mapped by United...
, about 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Redpath Peaks
Redpath Peaks
Redpath Peaks is a cluster of low, snow-covered peaks lying 3 nautical miles southeast of Mount Shattuck and the Independence Hills, at the south extremity of the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Bruce B...
, 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 aviation machinist Wayne M. Shattuck, U.S. Navy, air crewman on LC-47 aircraft, who perished in a 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.