Mount Griffith

Mount Griffith

Mount Griffith (85°53′S 155°30′W / 85.883°S 155.5°W / -85.883; -155.5) is a massive mountain, 3,095 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) north-northeast of Mount Vaughan in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains. First observed and roughly mapped in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence Gould. Remapped in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd for Raymond Griffith, of Twentieth Century-Fox Pictures, who assisted in assembling motion-picture records of the expedition.

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