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Mount Wise (78°8′S 165°23′E) is a bare rock summit, the highest point (815 m) on Brown Peninsula, Antarctica. It was named by A.J. Heine of the McMurdo Ice Shelf Project, 1962–63, for K.C. Wise, a New Zealander who explored the peninsula while a member of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958–59.

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

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