Mount Ballard
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| Mount Ballard | |||
| British Antarctic Territory | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Range: | Sweeney Mountains | ||
| Summit: | 5,250 feet 75°11’56"S, 70°4’47"W | ||
Mount Ballard is a mountain rising to 5,250 feet in the Sweeney Mountains in southern Palmer Land in the British Antarctic Territory.
The mountain was surveyed from the ground on the US Geological Survey Antarctic Peninsula Traverse of 1961-62, and photographed from the air by the United State Navy in 1965-67. It was mapped from air photographs by the United States Geological Survey. The mountain is named after G.E. Ballard, US Antarctic Research Program equipment operator at South Pole Station in the winter of 1963.
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Mount Ballard