Mount Giles () is a mainly snow-covered
mountain
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(820 m) located 5 nautical miles (9 km) south-southeast of
Lynch Point on the coast of
Marie Byrd Land
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. The mountain is the highest elevation on the divide between the seaward ends of
Frostman Glacier and
Hull Glacier.
Discovered on aerial flights from the
West Base
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Etymology
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of the
United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940, and named for Walter R. Giles technical sergeant,
United States Marine Corps
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(USMC), copilot and radio operator on some of these flights.
References
Mountains of Marie Byrd Land
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