Mount Byrd
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Mount Byrd () is a mountain (810 m) located 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the east end of Asman Ridge in the Sarnoff Mountains, Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41) led by R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Richard E. Byrd, Jr., son of Admiral Byrd and a member of Operation Highjump (1946-47), who was of assistance to US-ACAN in clarifying a large number of name suggestions put forth by his father.
This article incorporates text from Mount Byrd, 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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