Location Pensacola Mountains Elevation 870 m | Parent range Patuxent Range Mountain range Patuxent Range | |
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Mount Whillans is a mountain in Antarctica, 870 meters in height, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) southwest of Mount Stroschein in Anderson Hills in northern Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains.
Map of Mount Whillans, Antarctica
It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos from 1956-66. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ian M. Whillans, a glaciologist at Palmer Station during the winter of 1967.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Whillans" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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