Mapping and naming
Mount Moffat was mapped by theLocation
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.References
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