Mount Bevin

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Mount Bevin (71°54′S 169°27′E) is a prominent sharply pointed mountain which rises to 3490 m at the west side of the head of Murray Glacier in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. The mountain stands 2 miles (3.2 km) west-northwest of Mount Sabine. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after Anthony (Tony) J. Bevin, Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and Chairman of the New Zealand Geographic Board, 1996-2004, with responsibility for New Zealand surveying and place naming in Antarctica.

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