Feature Name (see definition): Petrides, Mount

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 11689

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 75° 04' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 136° 30' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -75.0666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -136.5

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1974

Description (see definition): A mountain with much exposed rock midway between Oehlenschlager Bluff and Mount Sinha, in southern Erickson Bluffs, Marie Byrd Land. It overlooks the confluence of Kirkpatrick and Hull Glaciers from the north. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for George A. Petrides, member of the biological party that made population studies of seals, whales and birds in the pack ice of the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas using U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Southwind and its two helicopters, 1971-72.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data