Mount Lied

Mount Lied (70°30′S 65°33′E / 70.500°S 65.550°E / -70.500; 65.550Coordinates: 70°30′S 65°33′E / 70.500°S 65.550°E / -70.500; 65.550) is a prominent pyramidal peak about 7 nautical miles (13 km) east-northeast of Mount Mervyn in the Porthos Range of the Prince Charles Mountains of Antarctica. It was sighted by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions southern party led by W.G. Bewsher in 1956 and named for Nils T. Lied, a weather observer at Mawson Station in 1956 and at Davis Station in 1957.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Lied". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-14.

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