Feature Name (see definition): Van der Hoeven, Mount

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 15870

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 71° 54' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 161° 25' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -71.9

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 161.4166667

Elevation (see definition): 1940

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1964

Description (see definition): A mountain (1,940 m) at the N side of the head of Boggs Valley, near the center of Helliwell Hills. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Frans G. Van der Hoeven, seismologist and leader of the U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP)-sponsored Victoria Land Traverse, 1959-60. The 1,530 mile seismic and topographic traverse in Tucker Sno-Cat vehicles took a roughly triangular course, beginning at Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, and ascending to the plateau of Victoria Land via Skelton Glacier. From there a NW course was followed on interior plateau to 7109S, 13912E. The party returned eastward, keeping S of the 72S parallel to 7237S, 16132E (E side of Outback Nunataks), from where the party was evacuated by aircraft of U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6.

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