Wheat, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Wheat (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain (2a)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A prominent mountain (1,100 m) forming the highest point in Wall Range, rising immediately N of Thunder Glacier in the center of Wiencke Island, Palmer Archipelago. Probably first observed by the BelgAE which circumnavigated Wiencke Island in 1898. Named by US-ACAN after Lt. Cdr. Luther William Wheat, USN, helicopter commander with Squadron VXE-6, OpDFrz, 1975-78; Aviation Projects Manager, Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 1978; member, U.S. Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, 1979-88.
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