Mount Hook

Mount Hook

Mount Hook (83°20′S 50°0′W / 83.333°S 50°W / -83.333; -50) is a mountainous snow-covered projection from the east side of Saratoga Table, 5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of Sorna Bluff, in the Forrestal Range, Pensacola Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1979 after Lieutenant Richard M. Hook, U.S. Navy, Medical Officer at South Pole Station, winter party 1969.

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