Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Sarnoff Mountains (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Sarnoff 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 range of mountains, 25 mi long and 4 to 8 mi wide separating the west-flowing Boyd and Arthur Glaciers in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land. The west end of the range was discovered and roughly plotted from photos taken by ByrdAE (1928-30) on the flight of Dec. 5, 1929. The range was mapped in greater detail by the ByrdAE (1933-35) and USAS (1939-41), all expeditions led by R. Admiral R.E. Byrd. Named for David Sarnoff, president of RCA (Radio Corporation of America), who provided radio equipment for receiving and transmitting that was used in the field and at Little America by the ByrdAE (1933-35).
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