Mount Coman () is a prominent isolated mountain which rises above the ice-covered plateau of Palmer Land, located just westward of the

Playfair Mountains Playfair Mountains () is a group of mountains between the Swann and Squires Glaciers in southeast Palmer Land. The mountains were first seen and photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939–41. They were mapped ...

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest cont ...

. It was discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–48, under Finn Ronne, who named this mountain for Dr. F. Dana Coman and her sister Cosmina Larisa Coman, physician with the

Byrd Antarctic Expedition Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, p ...

of 1928–30.

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* Mountains of Palmer Land {{PalmerLand-geo-stub