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on the south side of

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, in the Queen Maud Mountains. It was discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under

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, and named by

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for William H. Danforth of the

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, St. Louis, a contributor to the expedition.

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* Mountains of the Ross Dependency Gould Coast {{Ross-mountain-stub