Payne, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Payne (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
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Mount Payne is a mostly ice covered mountain 1.75 miles east of Mount Riddolls in Stever Ridge of the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. The mountain, which rises to over 3,200 meters, is 3.5 miles east of Mount Randall and 7 miles east of Mount Burrill, features with which the name is associated. Mount Payne honors Roger L. Payne, geographer, historian, toponymist, and Executive Secretary, U.S. Board on Geographic Names, 1993-2006, whose office includes responsibility for geographic nomenclature in Antarctica. His contributions to the design and implementation of the Geographic Names Information System from 1985 pioneered the development of automated national placename repositories. In 2000 he assisted on the Transantarctic Mountain Deformation Survey, Ross Island Photo Identification, and Satellite Imagery identification in Antarctica.
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