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Early, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Early (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Cone
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 solitary volcanic cone c.2720m standing 24km north of D'Angelo Bluff, on the west side and near the head of Scott Glacier.
Discovered in December 1934 from nearby Mount Weaver by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) geological party led by Quin Blackburn. Visited by the Ohio State University geological party led by George Doumani on Nov. 21, 1962. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Captain Neal E. Early, USA, a member of the aviation unit that supported the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Topo East survey of this area, 1962-63.
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