Mount Shirshov

Mount Shirshov (66°51′S 51°37′E / 66.850°S 51.617°E / -66.850; 51.617Coordinates: 66°51′S 51°37′E / 66.850°S 51.617°E / -66.850; 51.617) is a small mountain lying 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Mount Selwood in the Tula Mountains, Enderby Land. The mountain was visited by geologists of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition of 1961-62 who named it for P.P. Shirshov, a Soviet polar explorer.

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