The Merrick Mountains ()
are a cluster of
mountain
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s, 13 km (8 mi) long, standing 11 km (7 mi) northeast of the
Behrendt Mountains in
Ellsworth Land
Ellsworth Land is a portion of the Antarctic continent bounded on the west by Marie Byrd Land, on the north by Bellingshausen Sea, on the northeast by the base of Antarctic Peninsula, and on the east by the western margin of the Filchner–Ronne ...
,
Antarctica
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. Discovered and photographed from the air by the
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–1948, under
Finn Ronne.
Named by
US-ACAN for Conrad G. Merrick,
USGS
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topographic engineer with the
Antarctic Peninsula Traverse Party, 1961–1962, who participated in the survey of these mountains.
Features
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Mount Becker
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Mount Berger
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Mount Boyer
See also
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Mount Wasilewski
References
Mountain ranges of Ellsworth Land
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