Mount Moulton
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| Mount Moulton | |
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 Aerial view of Mount Moulton from the south |
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| Elevation | 3,078 metres (10,098 feet) |
| Location | Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica |
| Range | Flood Range |
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| Type | Shield volcano (extinct) |
Mount Moulton is a broad, ice-covered mountain standing 16 km (10 mi) E of Mount Berlin in the Flood Range, Marie Byrd Land.
Discovered on aerial flights by the United States Antarctic Service in 1940, and named for Richard S. Moulton, chief dog driver at West Base and a member of the survey party which sledged to the western end of the Flood Range in December 1940.
On the northern slopes of Mount Moulton, there are steep icefalls, called the Moulton Icefalls.
[edit] Sources
- LeMasurier, W. E.; Thomson, J. W. (eds.) (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. American Geophysical Union, 512 pp. ISBN 0-87590-172-7.
- USGS GNIS: Mount Moulton
- Amar Andalkar's Ski Mountaineering and Climbing Site. Skiing the Pacific Ring of Fire and Beyond (1997–2007). Retrieved on 2005-01-14.
