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)
Mervyn, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Mervyn (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A very sharp spire about 2286 m above sea level. Situated south of the main body of the Porthos Range in the Prince Charles Mountains, almost 7 km due south of Mt Kirkby. Sighted in December, 1956, by an ANARE southern party led by William G. Bewsher. Named after Mervyn Christensen, weather observer at Mawson in 1956.
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