Mount Gould () is a prominent mountain, 2,385 m, surmounting the central part of the
Tapley Mountains
The Tapley Mountains () is a mountain range fronting on the eastern side of the Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains), Scott Glacier, extending eastward for between Leverett Glacier, Leverett and Albanus Glacier, Albanus glaciers in the Queen ...
, in the
Queen Maud Mountains in
Antarctica. It was discovered in December 1929 by the
Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under
Laurence Gould. Named by Byrd for president
Laurence M. Gould
Laurence McKinley Gould (August 22, 1896 – June 21, 1995) was an American geologist, educator, and polar explorer. He made expeditions to both the Arctic and Antarctic, and was chief scientist on Richard Evelyn Byrd's first Antarctic expedit ...
of
Carleton College
Carleton College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota. Founded in 1866, it had 2,105 undergraduate students and 269 faculty members in fall 2016. The 200-acre main campus is between Northfield and the 800-acre Cowling ...
, polar explorer who served as geologist and second in command of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928–30. From 1955 to 1970, Gould was a leader in the planning of the
U.S. Antarctic Research Program
The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the A ...
, and has served as chairman of the
National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Nati ...
Committee on Polar Research, and chairman of the international
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research.
Mount Gould
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References
Gould, Mount
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