Mount Astor
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Mount Astor () is a prominent peak, 3,710 m, standing 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Mount Bowser in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered by Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition flight of November 1929 to the South Pole, and named by him for Vincent Astor, contributor to the expedition.
This article incorporates text from Mount Astor, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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