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Richardson, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Richardson (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.
Peak just W of Reece Pass and 3 mi S of Mount Colombo in the SE part of the Fosdick Mountains, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. Discovered on aerial flights from West Base of the USAS (1939-41) and named for Harrison H. Richardson, meteorological observer with the biological party which visited this area in 1940.
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