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Hughes, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Hughes (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain
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 mountain, c.2250m midway between Mount Longhurst and Tentacle Ridge in the Cook Mountains. Mercury Glacier hangs from its southern slopes. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MM05; NZMS 166 ST57-60/13 (December 1965).
Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE) (1901-04) and named for J.F. Hughes, an Honorary Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, who helped in the preparation for the expedition.
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