Mount Heg

Mount Heg

Mount Heg (72°57′S 166°45′E / 72.95°S 166.75°E / -72.95; 166.75) is a massive ice-covered mountain forming the south end of a promontory on the west side of Malta Plateau in Victoria Land. It is bounded on the west, south, and east sides by the Seafarer, Mariner and Potts Glaciers. The mountain first appears on a 1960 New Zealand map compiled from U.S. Navy aerial photographs. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1972 for James E. Heg, Chief of the Polar Planning and Coordination Staff in the Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation.

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