Mount Hamilton (Antarctica)
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Mount Hamilton () is a mountain, 1,990 metres, standing at the east edge of Kent Plateau, 11 km (7 mi) south of Mount Tuatara, in the Churchill Mountains of Antarctica.
Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901-04) and named for Admiral Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton, who served on Arctic voyages (1850-54) and was a member of the Ship Committee for this expedition.
This article incorporates text from Mount Hamilton (Antarctica), in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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