Mount Dover

Mount Dover (-83.76667°N, -55.83333°W) is a mountain in Antarctica, 1,645 m high, surmounting the southeast end of Gale Ridge where the ridge abuts the Washington Escarpment, in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains.

Exploration and name
Mount Dover was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photographs in 1956–66- It was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names 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. The Gale Ridge extends northwest from Mount Dover, and includes Mount Cowart and Kinsella Peak.

Barnes Icefalls
-83.81667°N, -55.88333°W. 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
-83.68333°N, -56.45°W. A ridge, 12 nmi 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
-83.7°N, -56.15°W. A peak, 1,245 m 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
-83.68333°N, -56.88333°W. A peak along the south side of Gale Ridge, 5 nmi 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.