Mount Forde

Mount Forde (76°53′S 162°5′E) is a mountain over 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) high, standing at the head of Hunt Glacier, 2 nautical miles (4 km) northwest of Mount Marston, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, and named for Petty Officer Robert Forde, Royal Navy, a member of the expedition's Western Geological Party.[1]

This article is about the peak in Antarctica. For Mount Forde in US/Canada, see Mount Forde (Fairweather Range).

References
  1. "Forde, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-03-30.

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