Mount Meunier

Mount Meunier

Mount Meunier (74°58′S 113°19′W / 74.967°S 113.317°W / -74.967; -113.317) is a mountain rising to 665 m near the northeast end of Kohler Range, 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Mount Strange. The north slopes of the feature are partly ice free and overlook Dotson Ice Shelf on the Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1977 after Tony Kenneth Meunier, cartographer and physical scientist with USGS from 1972; member of USGS satellite surveying team at South Pole Station, winter party, 1974; member of Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) team in the Allan Hills area, 1982–83, initiating a plan for positioning, by satellite surveying methods, the location of meteorites discovered in field operations; from 1991, in Polar Programs Section, Office of International Activities, USGS.

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