Mount Darling (77°15′S 143°20′W / 77.250°S 143.333°W / -77.250; -143.333) is the highest peak of the Allegheny Mountains, standing 1 nautical mile (2 km) west of Mount Swartley in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. The prominence is 998m/3,274ft., the proportional prominence is 1,730m and the elevation is 2,676m.[1] It was discovered on aerial flights from the West Base of the United States Antarctic Service in 1940, and named for Professor Chester A. Darling of Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Darling". PeakVisor. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  2. ↑ "Darling, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-12-21.

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