Mount Roth

Mount Roth (84°35′S 172°22′W / 84.583°S 172.367°W / -84.583; -172.367Coordinates: 84°35′S 172°22′W / 84.583°S 172.367°W / -84.583; -172.367) is a rock peak (870 m) located 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Mount Justman in the northeast corner of Gabbro Hills, near the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered and photographed by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–30) and named for Benjamin Roth, mechanic and U.S. Army representative on that expedition.

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

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/21/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.