Wilkniss Mountains
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Wilkniss Mountains ( ) is a prominent group of conical peaks and mountains, 10 miles (16 km) long running north-south, located 9 miles (14 km) east-southeast of Mount Feather, Quartermain Mountains, in Victoria Land. The mountains are 3 miles (4.8 km) wide in the north portion where Mount Blackwelder (2,340 m) and Pivot Peak (2,450 m) rise above ice-free valleys. Except for an outlying southwest peak, the south portion narrows to a series of mainly ice-covered smaller peaks. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1992 after Peter E. Wilkniss, chemist, who from 1975 has served in various positions at the National Science Foundation, including Deputy Assistant Director of the Directorate for Scientific, Technological, and [[International Affairs; Director, Division of Polar Programs, 1984-93; senior science associate to the Assistant Director for Geosciences, from 1993.
- This article is based on a United States Geological Survey gazetteer.
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