Mount McIntosh

Mount McIntosh (77°31′S 168°41′E / 77.517°S 168.683°E / -77.517; 168.683) is a mountain rising to c.2600 m in the west part of Kyle Hills, Ross Island. It stands at the northwest end of Lofty Promenade, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east of the summit of Mount Terror. The mountain is conspicuous because of diagonal bands of rock and ice on the north face. At the suggestion of P.R. Kyle, named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2000) after William C. McIntosh, geologist, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, who worked extensively in Antarctica under United States Antarctic Program (USAP) auspices and in support of Kyle's investigations on Mount Erebus; made first trip to Mount Erebus in 1977-78 and at least 15 trips through 1999.

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