Mount Axtell

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Mount Axtell (81°18′S, 85°6′W) is a low but distinctive rock peak 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Mount Tidd in the Pirrit Hills. Positioned by the U.S. Ellsworth-Byrd Traverse Party, December 7, 1958, and named for William R. Axtell, Jr., U.S. Navy, cook at Ellsworth Station in 1958 who volunteered to accompany the traverse party.


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