Mount Wood (Palmer Land)
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Mount Wood is a mountain
, 1,230 m, standing west of Gardner Inlet
and 24 km (15 mi) west of Mount Austin
on the east coast of Palmer Land
. Discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
(RARE) 1947-48, under Ronne, who named this mountain for E.A. Wood, ship's engineer with the expedition.
Mountain
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, 1,230 m, standing west of Gardner Inlet
Gardner Inlet
Gardner Inlet is a large, ice-filled inlet at the southwest side of Bowman Peninsula, on the east coast of Palmer Land. It was discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition , 1947–48, under Ronne, who named it for Irvine C...
and 24 km (15 mi) west of Mount Austin
Mount Austin (Antarctica)
Mount Austin is a conspicuous rock mass rising to 955 metres, projecting into the head of Gardner Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition , 1947-48, under Ronne, and named by him for Stephen F. Austin, American colonizer in Texas and one of...
on the east coast of Palmer Land
Palmer Land
Palmer Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between US-ACAN and UK-APC, in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of...
. Discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.-Background:...
(RARE) 1947-48, under Ronne, who named this mountain for E.A. Wood, ship's engineer with the expedition.