Mount Blackwelder
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Mount Blackwelder () is a sharp, mainly ice-free peak in north Wilkniss Mountains, Victoria Land, rising to 2,340 m west of Vernier Valley and 10 km (6 mi) north of Pivot Peak.
Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1947-59. Named by US-ACAN in 1984 after Lieutenant Commander Billy G. Blackwelder, U.S. Navy, Senior Helicopter Pilot, Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6), Operation Deepfreeze, 1971-72 and 1975-77.
This article incorporates text from Mount Blackwelder, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
