Mount Radspinner

Mount Radspinner (71°29′S 164°33′E / 71.483°S 164.550°E / -71.483; 164.550Coordinates: 71°29′S 164°33′E / 71.483°S 164.550°E / -71.483; 164.550) is a conspicuous ridge-like mountain, 1,785 m, located just east of Mount Freed and Copperstain Ridge in the east part of Bowers Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain Frank H. Radspinner, Jr., USA, commanding officer of the helicopter detachment that supported the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Topo East-West party that surveyed this area in 1962–63.

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