Mount Mallis

Mount Mallis (75°40′S 160°48′E / 75.667°S 160.800°E / -75.667; 160.800Coordinates: 75°40′S 160°48′E / 75.667°S 160.800°E / -75.667; 160.800) is a mountain, 1,360 metres (4,460 ft) high, midway between Mount Joyce and Mount Billing in the Prince Albert Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos in 1956–62, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Robert R. Mallis, a geomagnetist/seismologist with the South Pole Station winter party, 1966.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Mallis". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-07-29.

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