Mount Innes-Taylor

Mount Innes-Taylor (86°51′S 154°27′W / 86.850°S 154.450°W / -86.850; -154.450Coordinates: 86°51′S 154°27′W / 86.850°S 154.450°W / -86.850; -154.450) is a mountain, 2,730 metres (8,960 ft) high, standing 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Mount Saltonstall at the south side of Poulter Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctic . It was discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Richard E. Byrd for Captain Alan Innes-Taylor who served with the expedition as chief of trail operations.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Innes-Taylor, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-07-08.

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