Mount Stirling () is a mountain, high, in the

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, Antarctica. It is located southwest of Mount Freed where it forms part of the east wall of Leap Year Glacier. It was named by the

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(NZGSAE), 1967–1968, after Ian Stirling, a zoologist from the

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in that season.

Location

Mount Stirling and the nearby mountain group lie to the northeast of the

Leap Year Glacier Lillie Glacier () is a large glacier in Antarctica, about long and wide. It lies between the Bowers Mountains on the west and the Concord Mountains and Anare Mountains on the east, flowing to Ob' Bay on the coast and forming the Lillie Glacier T ...

. This is a tributary of the Black Glacier, which flows past the east of the group, where it merges with the

Lillie Glacier Lillie Glacier () is a large glacier in Antarctica, about long and wide. It lies between the Bowers Mountains on the west and the Concord Mountains and Anare Mountains on the east, flowing to Ob' Bay on the coast and forming the Lillie Glacier T ...

. McCann Glacier flows east from Mount Stirling to the Lillie Glacier. . The Champness Glacier runs past the north of the group. The

Posey Range Posey Range () is a mountain range in eastern Bowers Mountains, bounded by the Smithson, Graveson, Lillie and Champness Glaciers. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–62. Named by A ...

is to the north, the Molar Massif is to the west, and the Crown Hills are to the southwest. The

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and King Range are to the southeast.

Nearby features

Ian Peak

. A peak located northwest of Mount Stirling where the feature overlooks the heads of Leap Year and Champness Glaciers. Named by the NZGSAE, 1967-68, for Ian Smith,

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geologist in Antarctica that season.

Coronet Peak

. A peak, high, standing at the east side of the terminus of Leap Year Glacier in the southeast extremity of the Bowers Mountains. So named by NZGSAE, 1967-68, because it is a fine peak. It was climbed by two members of the expedition.

Markinsenis Peak

. A peak high on the south side of McCann Glacier at its junction with Lillie Glacier. Mapped by the

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(USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by the United States

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(US-ACAN) for radioman Ronald Markinsenis, United States Navy, of the South Pole Station winter party, 1965.

Mount Freed

. A mountain, high, that surmounts the divide between the Champness and McCann Glaciers. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Commander M.G. Freed, legal officer on the staff of the Commander, United States Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1966-68.

Copperstain Ridge

. A ridge about long which descends north-northeast from Mount Freed. The feature was so named by NZGSAE, 1967-68, because of the extensive copper staining found here.

Mount Radspinner

. A conspicuous ridge-like mountain, high, located just east of Mount Freed and Copperstain Ridge. Named by US-ACAN for Captain Frank H. Radspinner, Jr., United States Army, commanding officer of the helicopter detachment that supported the USGS Topo East-West party that surveyed this area in 1962-63.

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