The Fosdick Mountains (76°32′S 144°45′W / 76.533°S 144.75°W / -76.533; -144.75Coordinates: 76°32′S 144°45′W / 76.533°S 144.75°W / -76.533; -144.75) 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 discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1929, and named by Richard E. Byrd for Raymond B. Fosdick, president of the Rockefeller Foundation.
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