Mount Dover () is a mountain in Antarctica, high, surmounting the southeast end of Gale Ridge where the ridge abuts the

Washington Escarpment 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 Ir ...

, in the Neptune Range,

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 ...

Exploration and name

Mount Dover was mapped by the

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(USGS) from surveys and

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air photographs in 1956–66- It was named by the United States

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for James H. Dover, a geologist with the Patuxent Range field party in 1962–63.

Location

Mount Dover is towards the south of the Washington Escarpment, west of the Iroquois Plateau and east of the Roderick Valley. It is north of Mount Hawkes, Bennett Spires and the Barnes Icefalls, and south of the

Nelson Peak Nelson Peak () is a peak in Antarctica, standing at the eastern end of Drury Ridge and Brown Ridge where the two ridges abut Washington Escarpment, in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Exploration and name Nelson Peak was mapped by the ...

. The Gale Ridge extends northwest from Mount Dover, and includes Mount Cowart and Kinsella Peak.

Nearby features

Barnes Icefalls

. The icefalls along Washington Escarpment between Mount Dover and Bennett Spires. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for James C. Barnes, meteorologist and station scientific leader at Ellsworth Station, winter 1962.

Gale Ridge

. A ridge, long, extending northwestward from Mount Dover. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Phillip L. Gale, meteorologist at Ellsworth Station, winter 1962.

Mount Cowart

. A peak, high, midway along Gale Ridge. Mapped by USGS from surveys and air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for M. Sergeant Ray J. Cowart, United States Air Force, flight engineer and member of the Electronic Test Unit in the Pensacola Mountains, summer 1957-58.

Kinsella Peak

. A peak along the south side of Gale Ridge, west of Mount Cowart. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for William R. Kinsella, electronics technician at Ellsworth Station, winter 1958.

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