Mount Boyd () is a pyramidal

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...

, high, standing west of

Mount Bennett Mount Bennett is a prominent mountain (3,090 m) about 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Mount Boyd, surmounting the west part of Anderson Heights, Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939–41), and ...

, in the

Bush Mountains The Bush Mountains is a series of rugged elevations at the heads of the Ramsey and Kosco glaciers in Antarctica. The Bush Mountains extend from Mount Weir in the west to Anderson Heights overlooking Shackleton Glacier in the east. They were phot ...

. It was discovered and photographed by the

United States Antarctic Service The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the A ...

, 1939–41. It was surveyed by

A.P. Crary Albert Paddock Crary (July 25, 1911 – October 29, 1987), was a pioneer polar geophysics, geophysicist and glaciology, glaciologist. He was the first person to have set foot on both the North and South Poles, having made it to the North Pole on M ...

, leader of the U.S.

Ross Ice Shelf The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (, an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France). It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than long, and between h ...

Traverse Party (1957–58), and named by him for

Walter Boyd, Jr. Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...

, a glaciologist with the party.

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