Mount Prior
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Mount Prior () is a mountain (1,220 m) about 10 nautical miles (18 km) west of Mount Brewster, rising at the head of Whitehall Glacier in the west part of Daniell Peninsula, Victoria Land. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957-58, for George T. Prior of the Mineral Department, British Museum, who studied and analyzed the rocks obtained from this region by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04.
This article incorporates text from Mount Prior, 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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