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Mount Paine

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Mount Paine (86°46′S 147°32′W) is a massive, flat-topped mountain, 3,330 m, forming a buttress-type projection of the western part of the La Gorce Mountains, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd for Stuart D.L. Paine, navigator and radio operator of that party.

Map of Mount Paine, Antarctica

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Paine" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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