Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Wexler, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Wexler (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain (2a)
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A high short summit ridge of the Hughes Range, rising to about 4000m, 4 miles north-west of Mt Kaplan. Discovered and photographed by Rear-Admiral Byrd on the Baselaying Flight of 18 November 1929, and surveyed by A P Crary in 1957/58. Named by Crary for Dr Harry Wexler, Chief Scientist for the US Antarctic IGY Programmes during 1957
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