Mount Howell

Mount Howell (72°14′S 99°3′W) is a mountain 3 nautical miles (6 km) south-southwest of Mount Borgeson in the Walker Mountains of Thurston Island, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Lieutenant Commander John D. Howell, a pilot and airplane commander in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of this mountain and coastal areas adjacent to Thurston Island in 1946–47. Commander Howell landed a PBM Mariner seaplane in the open water of eastern Glacier Bight on January 11, 1947 to rescue six survivors of a December 30 Mariner crash on Noville Peninsula.[1]

For the California wine region with a similar name, see Howell Mountain AVA.

Map of Thurston Island.

Satellite image of Thurston Island.

See also

• Mountains in Antarctica

Maps

• Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

1. "Howell, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-06-29.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Howell, Mount". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)