Mount Noville () is a
mountain
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, 2,410 m, standing between
Van Reeth and
Robison Glacier
Robison Glacier is a broad tributary glacier flowing northwest along the north side of La Gorce Mountains to enter Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains), Scott Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. It was discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd ...
s and 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of
Mount Bowlin
Mount Bowlin () is a mountain, high, standing between the mouths of Van Reeth Glacier and Robison Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains. It was discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and ...
, in the
Queen Maud Mountains
The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the Antarctic P ...
. Discovered by the geological party under
Quin Blackburn Quin may refer to:
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of the
Byrd Antarctic Expedition
Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, p ...
, 1933–35, and named by Byrd for
George O. Noville
George Otto Noville (April 24, 1890 – January 1, 1963), also known as "Noville" and "Rex," was a pioneer in polar and trans-Atlantic aviation in the 1920s, and winner of the Distinguished Flying Cross. He served with Commander Richard E. B ...
, executive officer of the expedition.
Mountains of Marie Byrd Land
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