Mattox Bastion

Mattox Bastion

Mattox Bastion (77°38′S 160°56′E / 77.633°S 160.933°E / -77.633; 160.933) is one of the peaks of the Inland Forts, surmounting the northeast part of Flory Cirque in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander Benjamin G. Mattox, U.S. Navy, officer-in-charge of the Naval Support Force winter-over detachment at McMurdo Station in 1971.

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