Mount Matz

Mount Matz (74°42′S 162°17′E / 74.700°S 162.283°E / -74.700; 162.283Coordinates: 74°42′S 162°17′E / 74.700°S 162.283°E / -74.700; 162.283) is a mountain, 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) high, at the west side of the terminus of Anderton Glacier, forming the end of a ridge descending south from the Eisenhower Range to Reeves Glacier, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1955–63, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for David B. Matz, a geologist at McMurdo Station in the 1965–66 season.[1]

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


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