Mount Shields
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Mount Shields () is a mountain (1,170 m) at the junction of the Pryor and Robilliard Glaciers, at the north end of the Usarp Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Staff Sgt. James K. Shields, United States Marine Corps (USMC), assigned to U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 in Antarctica, 1962-63 and 1963-64. During 1962, Shields served as navigator on aircraft in support of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Topo West survey of this area.
This article incorporates text from Mount Shields, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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