McElroy, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount McElroy (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
one of the Hutton Mountains (q.v.), Lassiter Coast, rising to 1670m, was seen from the air and roughly mapped by RARE, 21 November 1947; named after M.C. McElroy, of Boston, Mass., "holder of the world's record as the fastest telegrapher" (Ronne, 1948b, p.390), and/or T.P. McElroy, of Boston, who contributed radio equipment to RARE ([in 74°12'S 63°04'W] AGS map, 1948; Ronne, 1948b, map p.357; USBGN, 1949, p.36; [shown correctly] USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.4; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981). Monte Mc.Elroy (Argentina. MM chart 121, 1954). Mount Mc Elroy (USHO chart 6638, 1955). Mount Nash (q.v.), in error (USHO chart V30 SP6, 1959). Gora Mak Elroy (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24).
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