Mount Drewry

Mount Drewry

Mount Drewry (84°27′S 167°21′E / 84.45°S 167.35°E / -84.45; 167.35) is a prominent blocklike mountain on the west side of Beardmore Glacier, rising to 2,910 m between Bingley Glacier and Cherry Icefall in Queen Alexandra Range. Discovered and roughly mapped by the Southern Journey Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, led by Ernest Shackleton, which was abreast of this mountain on 13 December 1908. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1986 after David J. Drewry, British glaciologist; a leader of the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)-National Science Foundation (NSF)-Technical University of Denmark (TUD) airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967–79; Director, Scott Polar Research Institute, 1984–87; Director, British Antarctic Survey, from 1987. This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Drewry" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).