Mount Mende
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| Mount Mende | |||
| British Antarctic Territory | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Range: | Sky-Hi Nunataks | ||
| Summit: | approx 5,000 feet 74°49’59"S, 76°36’-0"W | ||
Mount Mende is a nunatak (an exposed, rocky projection out of an ice field) amongst the Sky-Hi Nunataks of Palmer Land in the British Antarctic Territory.
Mount Mende is half a mile southwest of Mount Lanzerotti, and rises to about 5,000 feet.
The hill was named by the Americans, the name chosen by the ‘Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names’ in 1987 after Stephen B. Mende of the Lockheed Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, California, a Principal Investigator in upper atmosphere research, including auroral studies, carried out at Siple Station and South Pole Station from 1973 onwards.
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Mount Mende