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Mount Howell

Mount Howell

Mountain in Ellsworth Land, Antarctica

Not to be confused with Howell Peak, a mountain in Oates Land, Antarctica; Howell Mountain, California, an unincorporated community; or Howell Mountain AVA, a California wine region.

Mount Howell (72°14′S 99°3′W) is a mountain 3 nautical miles (6 km) south-southwest of Mount Borgeson in the Walker Mountains of Thurston Island, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Lieutenant Commander John D. Howell, a pilot and airplane commander in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of this mountain and coastal areas adjacent to Thurston Island in 1946–47. Commander Howell landed a PBM Mariner seaplane in the open water of eastern Glacier Bight on January 11, 1947 to rescue six survivors of a December 30 Mariner crash on Noville Peninsula.[1]

Map of Thurston Island.
Satellite image of Thurston Island.

See also

Maps

References

  1. [1]
    "Howell, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 29 June 2012.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Howell, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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