Latady Mountains

Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67.

A peak standing 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) east-southeast of Mount Aaron in the north part of the Latady Mountains.

Named by US-ACAN for Robert H. McLaughlin, United States Navy, engineman with the South Pole Station winter party in 1964.

A mountain, 1,565 metres (5,135 ft) high, standing 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) northwest of Mount Austin and the head of Gardner Inlet.

Discovered by the RARE, 1947-48, under Ronne, who named this feature for James B. Robertson, aviation mechanic with the expedition.

Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67.

A prominent ridgelike mountain 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) west of Mount Austin.

A prominent, mainly ice-covered mesa, 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) long and 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) wide, forming the southern rampart of Latady Mountains at the base of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Named by US-ACAN for Waldo L. Schmitt, marine biologist, Honorary Research Associate of the Smithsonian Institution.

He participated in the Staten Island cruise to Marguerite Bay and Weddell Sea in the 1962-63 season.

Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67.

The name was given by Peter D. Rowley, USGS geologist to this area (1970-71; 1972-73), who reported that the nunataks contain the largest known copper deposits in Antarctica.

Named by US-ACAN for Carl K. Poster, geophysicist with the USARP South Pole-Queen Maud Land Traverse III, summer 1967-68.

[17] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.

Eastern Ellsworth Land (south), Southern Palmer Land (north). Latady Mountains in center east of map.