Mount Blackburn is a massive, flat-topped mountain, high, standing just east of the Scott Glacier where it surmounts the southwest end of

California Plateau California Plateau () is an undulating ice-covered plateau, long and from wide, which rises to at the eastern side of Scott Glacier. The plateau reaches a maximum height of in Mount Blackburn at the southern end. The northwestern side of the pl ...

and the Watson Escarpment, 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 ...

. It was discovered by and named for Quin A. Blackburn, geologist, leader 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 ...

geological party which sledged the length of Scott Glacier in December 1934.

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

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