Mount Moffat () is a mountain, high, standing northeast of Mount Ege in the

Neptune Range The Neptune Range () is a mountain range, long, lying west-southwest of Forrestal Range in the central part of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. The range comprises Washington Escarpment with its associated ridges, valleys and peaks, the Iro ...

Pensacola Mountains The Pensacola Mountains () are a large group of mountain ranges and peaks that extend in a northeast–southwest direction in the Transantarctic Mountains System, Queen Elizabeth Land region of Antarctica. They comprise the Argentina Range, Forre ...

, Antarctica.

Mapping and naming

Mount Moffat was mapped by the

United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on Mar ...

from surveys and

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air photographs from 1956 to 1966. It was named by the United States

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

(US-ACAN) for Robert J. Moffat, a construction electrician at

Ellsworth Station Ellsworth Scientific Station (, or simply ''Estación Ellsworth'' or ''Base Ellsworth'') was a permanent, all year-round originally American, then Argentine Antarctic scientific research station named after American polar explorer Lincoln Ellswo ...

in the winter of 1958.

Location

Mount Moffat is towards the north of the Washington Escarpement, to the west of the southern part of the Torbert Escarpment and to the east of the

Roderick Valley Schmidt Hills () is a group of rock hills, long, lying north of Childs Glacier and west of Roderick Valley in the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. Mapping and name The Schmidt Hills were mapped by the United States Geologi ...

. It is just north of Serpan Peak, and east of Mount Ege. Berquist Ridge extends west from Mount Moffat past Elbow Peak, and terminates in Astro Peak. Madey Ridge extends northwest from Mount Moffat to the Webb Nunataks. Scattered features further north include Baker Ridge, Neith Nunatak, Mount Dasinger, Gillies Rock and Hinckley Rock.

Nearby features

Serpan Peak

. A small peak, high, surmounting Washington Escarpment just west of Rivas Peaks. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Robert D. Serpan, aerologist with the Neptune Range field party, 1963-64.

Mount Ege

. Mountain, high, between Berquist Ridge and Drury Ridge. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for John R. Ege, geologist with the Neptune Range field party, 1963-64.

Berquist Ridge

. A curving ridge, long, trending west from its juncture with Madey Ridge. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Robert M. Berquist, photographer at Ellsworth Station, winter 1958.

Elbow Peak

. A peak, high, located at the southernmost bend of Berquist Ridge. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. The name given by US-ACAN describes the peak's position along the ridge.

Astro Peak

. A peak, high, standing off the west end of Berquist Ridge. So named by US-ACAN because the USGS established an astro control station on this peak during the 1965-66 season.

Madey Ridge

. A ridge trending northwest from Mount Moffat along the north side of Berquist Ridge. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Jules Madey of Clark, NJ, ham radio operator who arranged innumerable phone patches between personnel in Antarctica and parties in the United States in the period 1957-67.

Northern features

Webb Nunataks

. A group of nunataks west of Madey Ridge. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Dalton Webb, electronics engineer with Raydist Corporation, a member of the Electronic Test Unit in the Pensacola Mountains, 1957-58.

Baker Ridge

. A ridge extending west for from the north part of Washington Escarpment. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Clifford E. Baker, aviation electronics technician at Ellsworth Station, winter 1958.

Neith Nunatak

. A nunatak north of Baker Ridge in northern Neptune Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Willard Neith, photographer with the Electronic Test Unit in the Pensacola Mountains, 1957-58.

Mount Dasinger

. A mountain, high, standing northeast of Neith Nunatak. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant (j.g.) James R. Dasinger, United States Navy, of the Ellsworth Station winter party, 1958.

Gillies Rock

. An isolated rock lying north of Mount Dasinger. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Betty Gillies, ham radio operator of San Diego, CA, who for several seasons from 1960-70 arranged phone patches for members of USGS field parties in the Thiel Mountains, Pensacola Mountains, and elsewhere in Antarctica.

Hinckley Rock

. A rock northwest of Gillies Rock. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Neil Hinckley, a member of the Electronic Test Unit in the Pensacola Mountains, 1957-58.

Spanley Rocks

. A group of about six rocks standing southwest of Cordiner Peaks, marking the northern extremity of Neptune Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for John A. Spanley, Jr., cook at South Pole Station, winter 1965.

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