Mount Curtiss

Mount Curtiss

Mount Curtiss (77°6′S 162°26′E / 77.1°S 162.433°E / -77.1; 162.433) is a peak (about 1300 m) at the east end of the main ridge of Gonville and Caius Range, Victoria Land. Named after the seaplane tender USS Curtiss which transported personnel to McMurdo Sound in Operation Deep Freeze II, 1956-57. Departing, "she" carried out wintering-over personnel of Deep Freeze I and construction party personnel left at Cape Hallett.

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