Mount Schlossbach () is a
peak Peak or The Peak may refer to:
Basic meanings Geology
* Mountain peak
** Pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point Mathematics
* Peak hour or rush hour, in traffic congestion
* Peak (geometry), an (''n''-3)-di ...
just southeast of
Mount Nilsen in the south group of the
Rockefeller Mountains The Rockefeller Mountains () are a group of low-lying, scattered granite peaks and ridges, almost entirely snow-covered, standing 30 miles (48 km) south-southwest of the Alexandra Mountains on the Edward VII Peninsula of Antarctica.
Discovered ...
on
Edward VII Peninsula
King Edward VII Land or King Edward VII Peninsula is a large, ice-covered peninsula which forms the northwestern extremity of Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica. The peninsula projects into the Ross Sea between Sulzberger Bay and the northeast corne ...
. Discovered by 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 ...
on a flight of January 27, 1929, and named for Commander
Isaac Schlossbach
Isaac "Ike" Schlossbach (c. August 20, 1891 – August 1984) was an American polar explorer, submariner and aviation pioneer.
He was born in Bradley Beach, New Jersey and raised in Neptune Township, New Jersey where he attended Neptune High Sch ...
,
U.S. Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of ...
, a member of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1933–1935) and member of the
United States Antarctic Service
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 ...
(USAS) party which occupied the Rockefeller Mountains seismic station during November–December 1940.
See also
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Fokker Rocks The Fokker Rocks () are rock outcrops just south of Mount Schlossbach in the Rockefeller Mountains of Edward VII Peninsula, Antarctica. The name, applied by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, recalls the fact that a Fokker airplane of the By ...
References
Mountains of King Edward VII Land
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