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  • Mount Tuve

    Mount Tuve (73°47′S80°8′W) is a mountain (935 m) whose summit rises above the ice surface just south of the base of Wirth Peninsula, Ellsworth Land. It was discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947–48, under Finn Ronne.

  • Mount Turnbull

    Mount Turnbull is a partly snow-covered mountain, 1,980 m, standing 12 nautical miles (22 km) southwest of Mount Starlight in the northwest portion of the Prince Charles Mountains, Mac. Robertson Land. Mapped from ANARE (Australian National Antarcti…

  • Mount Trott

    Mount Trott is a ridgelike mountain with a jagged, saw-tooth appearance, about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Mount Bunt in the Prince Charles Mountains. Plotted from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) air photos taken in …

  • Mount Trident (Antarctica)

    Mount Trident (72°26′S169°14′E) is a prominent peak (2,480 m) with three closely spaced summits, rising above Trigon Bluff on the north side of Tucker Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica.

  • Mount Todd

    Mount Todd is a peak rising to 3,600 m at the north extremity of Probuda Ridge in north-central Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. It surmounts Embree Glacier to the west, Patleyna Glacier to the northeast and Ellen Glacier to the so…

  • Mount Susini

    Mount Susini (60°43′S44°48′W) is a mountain rising to 370 m at the northwest end of Mackenzie Peninsula, Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands.

  • Mount Supernal

    Mount Supernal is a large double summit mountain (3,655 m) surmounting the southeast corner of Hercules Neve and the heads of the Gair and Meander Glaciers, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The feature has at times been mistaken for Mount Murchison.

  • Mount Strathcona

    Mount Strathcona (67°22′S99°11′E) is a mountain, 1,380 m high, rising above the continental ice on the west side of Denman Glacier, 11 miles south of Mount Barr Smith, in Antarctica.

  • Mount Sphinx

    Mount Sphinx is a mountain rising to 2,200 m, the culminating peak of the Prince de Ligne Mountains, standing 9 nautical miles (17 km) north of the Belgica Mountains. Discovered by Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1957-58, under G.

  • Mount Smith

    Mount Smith (76°3′S161°42′E) is a mountain over 1,400 m, standing north of Mawson Glacier and 7 miles (11 km) north-northwest of Mount Murray in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Discovered by the Discovery Expedition (1901–04), which probably named this …

  • Mount Slaughter

    Mount Slaughter is an ice-free peak, rising to 3,600 m on a spur trending southwest from Opalchenie Peak on Vinson Plateau, Sentinel Range, in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It is surmounting the head of Donnellan Glacier to the northwest and …

  • Mount Simmons

    Mount Simmons (80°22′S81°45′W) is a mountain, 1,590 m, forming the north end of the Independence Hills, in the Heritage Range. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for aviation electronics technician Richard S. Simmon…

  • Mount Shute

    Mount Shute (71°50′S165°47′E) is a mountain (2,070 m) standing 14 miles (22 km) southeast of Austin Peak in Mirabito Range, Antarctica. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos 1960 63. Named by Advisor…

  • Mount Short

    Mount Short (72°50′S162°13′E) is a mountain, 2,110 m, standing 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Sculpture Mountain, in the upper Rennick Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64. Named by Advis…

  • Mount Shideler

    Mount Shideler (77°55′S154°51′W) is a peak 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Mount Fitzsimmons in the north group of the Rockefeller Mountains on Edward VII Peninsula. Discovered on January 27, 1929, by members of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on an exp…

  • Mount Shelton

    Mount Shelton (71°41′S166°48′E) is a mountain (2,485 m) located just west of the upper part of Rastorfer Glacier in the east-central portion of the Homerun Range, Admiralty Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys an…

  • Mount Shear

    Mount Shear (78°20′S86°8′W) is a mountain over 4,000 m, standing 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Mount Tyree in the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It surmounts Patton Glacier to the northeast. The peak was discovered by the Marie Byrd…

  • Mount Shadow

    Mount Shadow (71°56′S167°31′E) is a small peak in the Admiralty Mountains that rises above and close west of Shadow Bluff at the junction of the Tucker and Leander Glaciers.

  • Mount Sandow

    Mount Sandow (67°22′S100°24′E) is a nunatak overlooking the Denman Glacier about 11 miles southwest of Mount Amundsen in Antarctica.

  • Mount Rosenwald

    Mount Rosenwald (85°4′S179°6′W) is a mountain (3,450 m) which forms a distinctive landmark between the heads of Gallup and Baldwin Glaciers in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica.

  • Mount Roland (Antarctica)

    Mount Roland (86°29′S145°42′W) is a mountain, 2,210 m, directly north of Mount Mooney on the north flank of Robison Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-6…

  • Mount Reina Sofía

    Mount Reina Sofía (Spanish: Monte Reina Sofía) is the mostly ice-free peak rising to 275 m on Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounting Johnsons Glacier to the east and northeast, and the Spanish Ant…

  • Mount Quandary

    Mount Quandary (64°52′S61°34′W) is a mountain on the east side and near the head of Hektoria Glacier, 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Shiver Point, in Graham Land.

  • Mount Quackenbush

    Mount Quackenbush (80°21′S156°58′E) is a flat-topped mountain, 2,435 m, which forms a projecting angle along the steep cliffs bordering the north side of Byrd Glacier, just west of Peckham Glacier. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarcti…

  • Mount Prestrud

    Mount Prestrud (86°34′S165°7′W) is an Antarctic peak over 2,400 m which rises from the southwestern part of the massif at the head of Amundsen Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. In November 1911, a number of mountain peaks in this general vicini…

  • Mount Morrison (Enderby Land)

    Mount Morrison is a mountain 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) northeast of Mount Best, in the Tula Mountains of Enderby Land in Antarctica. It was plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1956 and wa…

  • Mount Merrick

    Mount Merrick is a mountain, 1,120 metres (3,670 ft) high, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Mount Humble in the Raggatt Mountains of Antarctica. It is about 20 nautical miles (37 km) south-east of Casey Bay in Enderby Land.

  • Mount Mercer (Antarctica)

    Mount Mercer is a mountain 2 nautical miles (4 km) west of Farley Massif in the Athos Range, Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica. It was plotted from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions air photos of 1965, and was named by the Antarc…

  • Mount McLennan

    Mount McLennan is a mountain 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of the Howard Hills in the northeast part of the Scott Mountains, Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircr…

  • Mount McKeown

    Mount McKeown is a mountain rising to 1,880 metres (6,170 ft) on the north side of Embree Glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) northeast of Mount Schmid, and forming the south extremity of Sostra Heights in the northern part of the Sentinel Range, Ellsw…