Mount Dolber (77°7′S 145°31′W / 77.117°S 145.517°W / -77.117; -145.517) is a prominent mountain, 865 metres (2,840 ft) high, with a large snow-free summit, located between Mount Rea and Mount Cooper in the Sarnoff Mountains, Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land. It was mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (1939–41) and by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos (1959–65). It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain Sumner R. Dolber, United States Coast Guard, captain of the icebreaker Southwind in the Antarctic Peninsula Ship Group (1967–68) and the Ross Sea Ship Group (1968–69).[1]

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  1. "Dolber, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-01-24.

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