Mount Iphigene

Mount Iphigene

Mount Iphigene (coord|76|31|S|145|50|W|) is a mountain just west of Ochs Glacier between Marujupu Peak and Birchall Peaks, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Discovered in 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, and named by Byrd for Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger, daughter of Adolph Ochs and wife of Arthur Sulzberger, patrons of the expedition.


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