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Ford Peak () is a rock peak, high, standing west of
Mount Billing Mount Billing () is a wedge-shaped mountain, high, standing between Mount Mallis and Mount Bowen in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Graham Billing, public relations of ...
in the
Prince Albert Mountains The Prince Albert Mountains () are a major mountain group in Antarctica over 320 km (200 mi) long. Located in Victoria Land, they run north–south between the Priestley and Ferrar glaciers. They were named for Prince Albert, the con ...
of
Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. It ...
, Antarctica. It was named by the Southern Party of the
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Features named by the expeditions 1957 ...
, 1962–63, for M.R.J. Ford, assistant surveyor with that party, who had wintered over at
Scott Base Scott Base is a New Zealand Antarctica, Antarctic research station at Pram Point on Ross Island near Mount Erebus in New Zealand's Ross Dependency territorial claim. It was named in honour of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Royal Navy, RN, leader ...
in 1962.


Mountains of Victoria Land Scott Coast {{ScottCoast-geo-stub