Mount Dougherty

Mount Dougherty

Mount Dougherty is a mountain, 2,790 m, between Mount Sandved and Mount Cara on the main north-south ridge in the north part of the Queen Elizabeth Range. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ellsworth C. Dougherty, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist at McMurdo Sound, 1959–60 and 1961-62.

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

Coordinates: 82°43′S 161°5′E / 82.717°S 161.083°E / -82.717; 161.083