Mount West () is a somewhat isolated

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9 nautical miles (17 km) southeast of Mount Woodward, surmounting the ice-covered ridge between Hammond and Swope Glaciers, in the

Ford Ranges The Ford Ranges () are a grouping of mountain ranges standing east of Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on December 5, 1929, they were named by Byrd ...

of Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by the

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(USAS), 1939–41. The name was applied by

Paul Siple Paul Allman Siple (December 18, 1908 – November 25, 1968) was an American Antarctic explorer and geographer who took part in six Antarctic expeditions, including the two Byrd expeditions of 1928–1930 and 1933–1935, representing the Boy Scouts ...

, commander of the West Base of the USAS, for James E. West, the first Chief Scout Executive of the

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of America. Siple's first visit to Antarctica was as a member 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 ...

(1928–30), having been selected as an

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for that venture.

References

* Mountains of Marie Byrd Land {{MarieByrdLand-geo-stub