Mount Faget

Mount Faget
Highest point
Elevation 3,360 m (11,020 ft)
Coordinates 71°44′S 168°26′E / 71.733°S 168.433°E / -71.733; 168.433
Geography
Location Pennell Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent range Admiralty Mountains

Mount Faget (71°44′S 168°26′E / 71.733°S 168.433°E / -71.733; 168.433Coordinates: 71°44′S 168°26′E / 71.733°S 168.433°E / -71.733; 168.433) is a mountain, 3,360 metres (11,020 ft) high, 4 nautical miles (7 km) northwest of Mount Adam in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. This topographical feature was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Maxime A. Faget of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a visitor at McMurdo Station, Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, 1966–67.[1] It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.[2] The mountain lies situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare.

References

  1. ↑ "Faget, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
  2. ↑ Parker, Quentin (2010). Welcome to Horneytown, North Carolina, Population: 15: An insider's guide to 201 of the world's weirdest and wildest places. Adams Media. pp. xi.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Faget, Mount" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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