Mount Absalom

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Mount Absalom ( 80°24′S, 25°24′W) is the southernmost and highest (1,640 m) mountain of the Herbert Mountains, in the central part of the Shackleton Range. It was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Henry W.L. Absalom, member of the Scientific Committee on the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955-58.

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