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  • Mount Tarr

    Mount Tarr (70°25′S65°46′E) is a mountain 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east-southeast of Mount Creighton in the Porthos Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos of 1965. Named by Anta…

  • Mount Steere

    Mount Steere is a prominent shield volcano standing 6.4 km (4 mi) NNW of Mount Frakes in the Crary Mountains of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

  • Mount Simpson

    Mount Simpson (72°8′S100°32′W) is a peak of the Walker Mountains, rising just west of the head of Hale Glacier on Thurston Island. It was first mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946. It was named by the Advis…

  • Mount Shirley

    Mount Shirley (75°39′S142°3′W) is an ice-covered mountain whose east face is marked by a prominent cirque, surmounting the west side of the mouth of Land Glacier in Marie Byrd Land. Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939–41)…

  • Mount Sharp (Antarctica)

    Mount Sharp (77°53′S86°10′W) is a mountain over 3,000 m, standing 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Mount Barden in the north part of the Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica.

  • Mount Shackleton

    Mount Shackleton (65°13′S63°56′W) is a mountain, 1,465 m, with perpendicular cliffs facing west, standing 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Chaigneau Peak between Leay and Wiggins Glaciers on Kiev Peninsula, the west side of Graham Land in Antarctica.

  • Mount Schuyler

    Mount Schuyler (Bulgarian: връх Скайлър, ‘Vrah Schuyler’ \'vr&h 'skay-l&r\) is the peak rising to 1435 m off the northeast extremity of Detroit Plateau in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. Surmounting Russell West Glacier to the north and Vict…

  • Mount Rex

    Mount Rex (74°54′S75°57′W) is an isolated mountain (1,105 m) which rises above the interior ice surface of Palmer Land about 55 miles south-southeast of FitzGerald Bluffs. It was discovered and photographed from the air on 23 November 1935 by Linco…

  • Mount Queequeg

    Mount Queequeg (65°39′S62°8′W) is a conspicuous, partly snow-covered mountain with three conical summits, the highest 900 m, situated in eastern Aristotle Mountains between the mouths of Starbuck and Stubb Glaciers on the east coast of Graham Land …

  • Mount Press

    Mount Press is a peak rising to 3,760 m in the north-central Sentinel Range in Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is linked to Eyer Peak by Zvegor Saddle, and surmounts Embree Glacier to the north and Ellen Glacier to the southeast.

  • Mount Plymouth

    Mount Plymouth is a conspicuous peak rising to 520 m in the northeast extremity of Dryanovo Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

  • Mount Peddie

    Mount Peddie is an isolated mountain 5 nautical miles (9 km) north of Webster Bluff at the north end of the Ford Ranges in Marie Byrd Land. Mapped from surveys by United States Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Navy air photos (1959–65). Named by Ad…

  • Mount Neustruyev

    Mount Neustruyev (also known as Gora Neustruyeva) is a peak in East Antarctica, 2,900 m, standing 5 mi NNE of Gneiskopf Peak in Südliche Petermann Range, Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land.

  • Mount Nansen (Antarctica)

    Mount Nansen is a prominent mountain, surmounting the steep eastern escarpment of the Eisenhower Range, 17 km (11 mi) south of Mount Baxter, in Victoria Land. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04), and named for Fridtjof …

  • Mount Morrison (Victoria Land)

    Mount Morrison is a mountain, 1,895 metres (6,220 ft) high, standing between Midship Glacier and the head of Cleveland Glacier in the Prince Albert Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expeditio…

  • Mount Mackintosh

    Mount Mackintosh is an Antarctic mountain, at(74°20′S162°15′E), and is the northernmost peak in the Prince Albert Mountains range, within the Transantarctic Mountains. The range was discovered in 1841 by James Clark Ross and was extensively explore…

  • Mount Lopez

    Mount Lopez (72°0′S101°41′W) is a peak of the Walker Mountains, located 5 nautical miles (9 km) east of Landfall Peak in the western part of Thurston Island, Antarctica. It was delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjum…

  • Mount Krüger

    Mount Krüger, or Krügerfjellet (German: Krügerberg), is a 2,655-metre (8,710 ft) mountain standing 8 nautical miles (15 km) southwest of Kvithø Peak in the Sverdrup Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.

  • Mayer Crags

    The Mayer Crags (84°53′S168°45′W) form a rugged V-shaped massif in Antarctica. The feature is 10 nautical miles (19 km) long, surmounted by several sharp peaks, and located at the west side of the mouth of Liv Glacier, where the latter enters the R…

  • Mount Joyce

    Mount Joyce is a prominent, dome-shaped mountain, 1,830 metres (6,000 ft) high, standing on the south side of David Glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km) northwest of Mount Howard in the Prince Albert Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica.

  • Mount J. J. Thomson

    Mount J. J. Thomson (77°41′19″S162°15′40″E) is a prominent hump-shaped peak along the north wall of Taylor Valley, standing above Lake Bonney, between Rhone Glacier and Matterhorn Glacier, in Victoria Land, Antarctica.

  • Mount Innes-Taylor

    Mount Innes-Taylor (86°51′S154°27′W) is a mountain, 2,730 metres (8,960 ft) high, standing 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Mount Saltonstall at the south side of Poulter Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctic . It was discovered in December 193…

  • Mount Henderson (White Island)

    Mount Henderson is a hill 2 nautical miles (4 km) west-northwest of Isolation Point in the south-central part of White Island, in the Ross Archipelago, Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1958–59) for …

  • Mount Gilbert (Antarctica)

    Mount Gilbert (69°16′S66°17′W) is a mountain, 1,420 metres (4,660 ft) high, on the divide between Airy Glacier and Seller Glacier, 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Mount Castro, in the west-central Antarctic Peninsula.

  • Mount Français

    Mount Français is a mountain which forms the summit of Anvers Island, Antarctica standing southeast of the center of the island and 6 miles north of Borgen Bay.

  • Mount Frakes

    Mount Frakes is a prominent shield volcano marking the highest elevation in the Crary Mountains, in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

  • Mount Crean

    Mount Crean is one of the westernmost peaks in the dry valley region of South Victoria Land in Antarctica. It lies at (77°53′S159°30′E), rises to 8,630 feet (2,630 m), and is the highest summit in the Lashly Mountains.

  • Mount Craddock

    Mount Craddock is a large, bold mountain forming the south extremity of Craddock Massif in Sentinel Range, the highest mountain in Antarctica. It is linked by Karnare Col to Mount Strybing in the southern Sentinel Range.

  • Mount Coman

    Mount Coman (73°49′S64°18′W) is a prominent isolated mountain which rises above the ice-covered plateau of Palmer Land, located just westward of the Playfair Mountains in Antarctica. It was discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 194…

  • Mount Byrd

    Mount Byrd (77°10′S144°38′W) is a mountain, 810 metres (2,660 ft) high, located 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the eastern end of Asman Ridge in the Sarnoff Mountains, Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Antarctic…

  • Mount Breckinridge

    Mount Breckinridge is a mountain, 2,050 metres (6,730 ft) high, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Stor Hånakken Mountain in the Napier Mountains of Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken b…

  • Mount Billing

    Mount Billing (75°43′S160°54′E) is a wedge-shaped mountain, 1,420 metres (4,660 ft) high, standing between Mount Mallis and Mount Bowen in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land.

  • Mount Baxter (Antarctica)

    Mount Baxter is a large buttress-type mountain, located just south of O'Kane Canyon where it forms a rounded projection of the east escarpment of the Eisenhower Range, in Victoria Land, Antarctica.

  • Mount Axtell

    Mount Axtell (81°18′S85°6′W) is a low but distinctive rock peak 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Mount Tidd in the Pirrit Hills, Antarctica. It was positioned by the U.S. Ellsworth–Byrd Traverse Party, December 7, 1958, and named for William R. Axte…