Suvarna Garge (Editor)

Mount Ferrara

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Location
  
Pensacola Mountains

Elevation
  
875 m

Parent range
  
Argentina Range

Mountain range
  
Argentina Range

Mount Ferrara

Mount Ferrara is a mountain in Antarctica, 875 metres (2,870 ft) high, standing 2.5 nautical miles (5 km) northeast of Vaca Nunatak in the Panzarini Hills portion of the Argentina Range, in the Pensacola Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered and photographed during a U.S. Navy transcontinental nonstop plane flight of January 13, 1956 from McMurdo Sound to the Weddell Sea and return. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Chief Aviation Machinists Mate Frederick J. Ferrara, U.S. Navy, crew chief of the P2V-2N Neptune aircraft making the flight.

Map of Mount Ferrara, Antarctica

References

Mount Ferrara Wikipedia