Mount McGee

Mount McGee is a mountain, 1,410 metres (4,630 ft) high, rising from a ridge at the north side of Clausnitzer Glacier in the Random Hills of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1955–63, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lawrence E. McGee, a geologist at McMurdo Station in the 1965–66 summer season.[1]

Mount McGee
Highest point
Elevation1,410 m (4,630 ft)
Coordinates74°3′S 164°33′E 
Geography
LocationBorchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeRandom Hills, Clausnitzer Glacier

References
  1. "Mount McGee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-09-06.

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