Mount Darling
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Mount Darling is a highest peak of the Allegheny Mountains
, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Mount Swartley
in the Ford Ranges
, Marie Byrd Land
. Discovered on aerial flights from the West Base of United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940, and named for Professor Chester A. Darling of Allegheny College
, Meadville, Pennsylvania.
Allegheny Mountains
The Allegheny Mountain Range , also spelled Alleghany, Allegany and, informally, the Alleghenies, is part of the vast Appalachian Mountain Range of the eastern United States and Canada...
, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Mount Swartley
Mount Swartley
Mount Swartley is a peak 1 nautical mile east of Mount Darling in the Allegheny Mountains of the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. Discovered on aerial flights from West Base of the United States Antarctic Service and named for Professor Stanley Swartley of Allegheny College, Pennsylvania....
in the Ford Ranges
Ford Ranges
The Ford Ranges is a grouping of mountain ranges standing east of Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica...
, Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land is the portion of West Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approximately to a line between the head of the Ross Ice Shelf and Eights Coast. It stretches between 158°W and 103°24'W...
. Discovered on aerial flights from the West Base of United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940, and named for Professor Chester A. Darling of Allegheny College
Allegheny College
Allegheny College is a private liberal arts college located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the town of Meadville. Founded in 1815, the college has about 2,100 undergraduate students.-Early history:...
, Meadville, Pennsylvania.