Mount Boyd

Mount Boyd: Mount Boyd (84°48′S 179°24′W / 84.8°S 179.4°W / -84.8; -179.4) is a pyramidal mountain, 2,960 metres (9,710 ft) high, standing 3 miles (5 km) west of Mount Bennett, in the Bush Mountains. It was discovered and photographed by the United States Antarctic Service, 1939–41. It was surveyed by A.P. Crary, leader of the U.S. Ross Ice Shelf Traverse Party (1957–58), and named by him for Walter Boyd, Jr., glaciologist with the party.

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

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