Malfait, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Malfait (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 peak 5.5 mi NW of Cape Crossfire on the Borchgrevink Coast of Victoria Land. The peak rises to 2080 m on the extremity of the ridge extending eastward from Malta Plateau, a rugged salient between the converging Mariner Glacier and Borchgrevink Glacier where they enter Ross Sea. Named by US-ACAN (2006) after Bruce T. Malfait, Head, Marine Geosciences Section, in the Division of Ocean Sciences, NSF, 2001-06; Program Director for the Ocean Drilling Project (ODP), 1987-2001; through his long work in the ODP, he facilitated the scientific community to conduct basic research into the history of the ocean basins and the overall crust beneath the ocean floor using a scientific drill ship.
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