Mount Ferguson

Mount Ferguson

Mount Ferguson (84°56′S 168°35′W / 84.933°S 168.583°W / -84.933; -168.583) is an irregular, mound-shaped mass (1,190 m) which surmounts the south part of Mayer Crags on the west side of Liv Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered and photographed by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–30), and named for Homer L. Ferguson, president of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA, which made repairs and alterations on Byrd Antarctic Expedition ships.

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