Mount Rea

Mount Rea

Mount Rea (coord|77|4|S|145|30|W|) is a prominent rock mountain with an imposing monolith on its west side called The Billboard, standing between Arthur Glacier and Boyd Glacier in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. It was discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on the Eastern Flight of December 5, 1929, and named by Byrd for Mr. and Mrs. Rea, of Pittsburgh, PA, contributors to the expedition.


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