Feature Name (see definition): Behrendt Mountains

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 1170

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 75° 20' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 072° 30' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -75.3333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72.5

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1966

Description (see definition): A group of mountains, 20 mi long, aligned in the form of a horseshoe with the opening to the SW, standing 7 mi SW of Merrick Mountains in Ellsworth Land. Discovered and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, under Finn Ronne. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John C. Behrendt, traverse seismologist at Ellsworth Station in 1957. Behrendt led the Antarctic Peninsula Traverse party to these mountains, summer 1961-62, and carried out investigations in Marie Byrd Land and the Pensacola Mountains in 1963-64 and 1965-66.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data