Mount Swadener [SEP] continent
Mount Swadener
Mount Swadener () is a peak located in Edward VII Land, West Antarctica. This mountain is located in the Sneddon Nunataks, a group of coastal nunataks on the north side of the Alexandra Mountains of Edward VII Peninsula. Nearby geographic features include Swinburne Ice Shelf and Sulzberger Bay.
Discovery and naming.
Mount Swadener was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy between 1959–66. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic
the features while exploring Edward VII Peninsula in 1911.
- Sneddon Nunataks () is a group of coastal nunataks on the north side of Edward VII Peninsula which overlooks the Swinburne Ice Shelf and Sulzberger Bay. They stand ESE of Scott Nunataks in the northern part of the Alexandra Mountains. The nunataks appear on the map of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. Named by US-ACAN for Donald L. Sneddon, U.S. Navy, electronics technician with the Byrd Station winter party in 1967.
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