Mount Aldaz

Mount Aldaz (76°3′S 124°25′W / 76.05°S 124.417°W / -76.05; -124.417) is a projecting-type mountain, 2,520 metres (8,270 ft) high, that barely protrudes from the ice-covered Usas Escarpment, 22 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Mount Galla, in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The mountain is mostly ice covered, but has notable rock outcropping along its northern spur. Surveyed by United States Geological Survey on the Executive Committee Range traverse of 1959. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Luis Aldaz, Meteorologist and Scientific Leader at Byrd Station, 1960.

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

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