Feature Name (see definition): Vaughan, Mount

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 15906

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 85° 57' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 155° 50' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -85.95

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -155.8333333

Elevation (see definition): 3140

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1952

Description (see definition): A prominent peak, 3,140 m, standing 4 mi SSW of Mount Griffith on the ridge at the head of Vaughan Glacier, in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains. Named for Norman D. Vaughan, dog driver with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) geological party under Laurence Gould which explored the mountains in this vicinity in December 1929. The map resulting from the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE), 1928-30, applied the name Mount Vaughan to the southern portion of Mount Goodale (q.v.), but the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) has modified the original naming to apply to this larger peak which lies 15 mi southeastward.

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