Mount Schlossbach

Mount Schlossbach (78°3′S 154°48′W / 78.050°S 154.800°W / -78.050; -154.800Coordinates: 78°3′S 154°48′W / 78.050°S 154.800°W / -78.050; -154.800) is a peak just southeast of Mount Nilsen in the south group of the Rockefeller Mountains on Edward VII Peninsula. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on a flight of January 27, 1929, and named for Commander Isaac Schlossbach, U.S. Navy, a member of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1933–35) and member of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) party which occupied the Rockefeller Mountains seismic station during November–December 1940.

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