Mount Ballou

Mount Ballou

Mount Ballou (73°14′S 163°3′E / 73.233°S 163.05°E / -73.233; 163.05) is a pinnacle-type mountain (2,900 m) which forms the south end of Pain Mesa and the north side of the entrance to Pinnacle Gap in the Mesa Range, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander Justin G. Ballou, U.S. Navy, officer in charge of the Detachment A winter party at McMurdo Station, 1966.

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