Mount Dean

Mount Dean

Mount Dean (85°32′S 163°0′W / 85.533°S 163°W / -85.533; -163) is a mountain, 1,620 m, standing at the northeast end of the Quarles Range, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Mount Belecz. Probably first seen by Roald Amundsen's polar party in 1911. First mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Jesse D. Dean, meteorologist with the South Pole Station party of 1962.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Dean" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).