Mount Iphigene, Fosdick Mountains

Mount Iphigene (76°31′S 145°50′W / 76.517°S 145.833°W / -76.517; -145.833); a mountain just west of Ochs Glacier between Marujupu Peak and Birchall Peaks, in the Fosdick Mountains, Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It is composed of Fosdick Metamorphic Rocks migmatite and granite of Cretaceous age.[1] Its peak elevation is estimated at 1080 m.[2] Discovered in 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, they are named by Byrd for Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger, daughter of Adolph Ochs and wife of Arthur Sulzberger, patrons of the expedition.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Richard, S. M.; Smith, C. H.; Kimbrough, D. L.; Fitzgerald, P. G.; Luyendyk, B. P.; McWilliams, M. O. (1994). "Cooling history of the northern Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica". Tectonics. 13 (4): 837–857. doi:10.1029/93tc03322. ISSN 0278-7407.
  2. ↑ Wade, F. A., C. A. Cathey, and J. B. Oldham (1977), Reconnaissance geologic map of the Guest Peninsula quadrangle, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, Map A-7, U. S. Antarctic Research Program, Reston, VA.
  3. ↑ "Mount Iphigene". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-03-20.


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