Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Powell, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Powell (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 (2,195 m) sharing a small massif with King Peak which stands 1.5 mi WNW, in the E part of the Thiel Mountains. The name was proposed by Peter Bermel and Arthur Ford, co-leaders of the Thiel Mountains party which surveyed these mountains in 1960-61. Named for John Wesley Powell, second director of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1881-94. Other peaks in the vicinity are named for directors of the USGS.
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