Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Mount Howell (USA) | 72° 14' 00.0" S | 99° 03' 00.0" W | Mountain |
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Name ID: 136100
Place ID: 17492
A mountain 3 mi SSW of Mount Borgeson in the Walker Mountains, Thurston Island. Named by US-ACAN after Lt. Cdr. John D. Howell, pilot and airplane commander in the Eastern Group of USN Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of this mountain and coastal areas adjacent to Thurston Island, 1946-47. Cdr. Howell landed a PBM Mariner seaplane in open water of eastern Glacier Bight, Jan. 11, 1947, in rescuing six survivors of a Dec. 30 Mariner crash on Noville Peninsula. |
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