Mount Thorne () is a prominent
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 ...
, 1,465 m, rising on the east flank of
Amundsen Glacier, 6 nautical miles (11 km) northwest of
Mount Goodale
Mount Goodale () is a mountain with double summits, high, standing southeast of Mount Thorne in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party u ...
, in the
Hays Mountains The Hays Mountains () are a large group of mountains and peaks of the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica, surmounting the divide between the lower portions of Amundsen Glacier and Scott Glacier and extending from the vicinity of Mount Thorne on the ...
of the
Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered in December 1929 by the
Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under
Laurence Gould, and named for
George A. Thorne, topographer and dog driver with that party.
Mountains of the Ross Dependency
Amundsen Coast
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