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Tyndall Mountains

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Tyndall Mountains (67°15′S 67°10′W) is a mountains close south of Avsyuk Glacier in central Arrowsmith Peninsula, Graham Land. Mapped by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from surveys and air photos, 1948-59. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for John Tyndall (1820–93), Irish mountaineer and pioneer glaciologist, author of many works on glaciers and the physical properties of ice.

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

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