Mount Gow () is a
mountain, measuring in at of height, on the east side of
Rennick Glacier in the
Bowers Mountains of
Victoria Land,
Antarctica. It marks the west end of the rugged heights between the mouths of
Carryer Glacier and
Sledgers Glacier where these two tributaries enter the nearby Rennick Glacier. This topographical feature was first mapped by the
United States Geological Survey from surveys and
U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–62, and was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.
History
The committee was established ...
for
Anthony J. Gow
Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the '' Antonii'', a ''gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton ...
, a veteran Antarctic
glaciologist who conducted his scientific research at the
Byrd Station
The Byrd Station is a former research station established by the United States during the International Geophysical Year by U.S. Navy Seabees during Operation Deep Freeze II in West Antarctica.
History
A joint Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marin ...
,
South Pole Station, and
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a United States Antarctic research station on the south tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the Unit ...
during nearly every Summer season ranging from 1959 to 1969.
[ The mountain lies situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between ]Cape Williams Cape Williams () is an ice-covered cape in Antarctica. It is the termination of Buell Peninsula at the east side of the terminus of Lillie Glacier at the lower ends of George Glacier and Zykov Glacier. The peninsula is 15 nautical miles (28 km) ...
and Cape Adare
Cape Adare is a prominent cape of black basalt forming the northern tip of the Adare Peninsula and the north-easternmost extremity of Victoria Land, East Antarctica.
Description
Marking the north end of Borchgrevink Coast and the west e ...
.
References
Mountains of Victoria Land
Pennell Coast
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