Mount Petras

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Mount Petras (75°52′S 128°39′W) is a high, prominent, ridge-shaped mountain, 2,865 m, standing 10 miles southeast of Mount Flint in the McCuddin Mountains, Marie Byrd Land. It was discovered by the US Antarctic Service (USAS) on a flight from West Base on 14 December-15, 1940, and named for Theodore A. Petras, master technical sergeant, USMC, pilot of the airplane on this flight.

This article is based on a United States Geological Survey gazetteer.