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41: 34: 409: 266: 762: 706: 539:(USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1958-65. Named by US-ACAN in recognition of the Decennial of the Institute of Polar Studies, Ohio State University, in 1970, the same year the University celebrated its Centennial. The University and the Institute have been very active in Antarctic investigations since 1960. 493:. A prominent mountain, 4,120 metres (13,520 ft) high, standing 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) east of Mount Kirkpatrick. Named by the US-ACAN for Lieutenant Commander Richard G. Dickerson, United States Navy, VX-6 aircraft commander during United States Navy 766: 710: 577:. A broad ice-covered ridge bordering the west side of upper Moody Glacier. Named by US-ACAN for Major Wilbur E. Martin, United States Army, in charge of trail operations during United States Navy 350:, an herbivorous dinosaur thought to be around 25 feet (7.6 m) long and weighing perhaps 4-6 tons, was also identified from fossils on Mount Kirkpatrick in 2007, the only known site of 87: 796: 218: 786: 33: 735: 791: 714: 535:. A peak 4,020 metres (13,190 ft) high situated 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) southwest of Mount Kirkpatrick. Mapped by the 451:. A peak rising to over 4,200 metres (13,800 ft) high, 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) west of Mount Kirkpatrick. Named by the United States 164: 455:(US-ACAN) in 1995 after Thomas H. Fleming, geologist, Ohio State University, who conducted field research in this area, 1985-86 and 1990-91. 452: 726: 721: 205:
5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Mount Dickerson. At 4,528 metres (14,856 ft) it is the highest point in the
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were excavated. Mount Kirkpatrick holds the first dinosaur scientifically named on the continent: the large predatory
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forest, and because all the continents were fused into a giant supercontinent called
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Mount Kirkpatrick holds one of the most important fossil sites in Antarctica, the
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Mount Kirkpatrick is in the central Queen Alexandra Range to the south of
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businessman, who was one of the original supporters of the expedition.
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Map showing location of the Mount Kirkpatrick dinosaur site, with
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remains have been uncovered. Fossils of dinosaurs resembling
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has been identified. In addition to these finds, numerous
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Mount Kirkpatrick is located in Antarctica
Antarctica
Elevation
Coordinates
84°20′S 166°25′E / 84.333°S 166.417°E / -84.333; 166.417 (Mount Kirkpatrick)
Antarctica
Parent range
Queen Alexandra Range
84°20′S 166°25′E / 84.333°S 166.417°E / -84.333; 166.417 (Mount Kirkpatrick)
Queen Alexandra Range
Queen Alexandra Range
British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–1909
Glasgow
Grindley Plateau
Adams Mountains
Marshall Mountains
Prebble Glacier
Lennox-King Glacier
Berwick Glacier

stratigraphic
Hanson Formation
conifer
cycad
Pangaea
tritylodonts
mammal-like reptiles
crow
pterosaur
dinosaur

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