Mount Ferranto is a mountain which forms the extreme southwest projection of the main massif of the
Fosdick Mountains
The Fosdick Mountains () are an east–west trending mountain range with marked serrate outlines, standing along the south side of Balchen Glacier at the head of Block Bay, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. They were discovere ...
, in the
Ford Ranges of
Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica. With an area of , it is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth. It was named after the wife of American naval officer Richard E. Byrd, who explored the region in the early 20th centur ...
,
Antarctica. It was discovered by a sledging party of the
Byrd Antarctic Expedition which visited this area in November–December 1934, and was named for
Felix Ferranto, a radio and tractor operator with the
United States Antarctic Service (1939–41).
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Mountains of Marie Byrd Land
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