Ford Massif (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Ford Massif (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Massif (2c)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A broad, snow-topped massif 15 mi long and 5 mi wide, forming the major topographic landmark of northern Thiel Mountains. The massif rises to 2,810 m, is essentially flat, and terminates in steep rock cliffs in all but the southern side. Named by US-ACAN for geologist Arthur B. Ford of USGS, co-leader of the 1960-61 USGS Thiel Mountains survey party and leader of the 1961-62 geologic party to these mountains. Ford led geological parties working in the Pensacola Mountains in several austral seasons, 1962-63 to 1978-79.
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