- Mount Deardorff
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Mount Deardorff (85°48′S 162°34′W / 85.8°S 162.567°W) is a prominent peak, 2,380 m, surmounting the massive ridge dividing the heads of Moffett and Steagall Glaciers in the Queen Maud Mountains. First mapped from ground surveys and air photos by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for J. Evan Deardorff who made cosmic ray studies at McMurdo Station in 1964.
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