McCuddin Mountains (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
McCuddin Mountains (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain (2a)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
A small cluster of mountains consisting mainly of two large mountains, Mount Flint and Mount Petras, along with several scattered peaks and nunataks. Located in Marie Byrd Land, 40 mi E of the Ames Range. The mountains were discovered and photographed from the air in a flight from West Base of the U.S. Antarctic Service on Dec. 14, 1940. They were mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for R. Admiral Leo B. McCuddin, USN, Commander of the U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1972.
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