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Mount Dayton () is a mainly ice-free mountain, high, at the east side of
Amundsen Glacier Amundsen Glacier () is a major Antarctic glacier, about 7 to 11 km (4 to 6 nmi) wide and 150 km (80 nmi) long, originating on the polar plateau where it drains the area to the south and west of Nilsen Plateau, and descending ...
, standing west of
Mount Goodale Mount Goodale () is a mountain with double summits, high, standing southeast of Mount Thorne in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party u ...
in the
Hays Mountains The Hays Mountains () are a large group of mountains and peaks of the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica, surmounting the divide between the lower portions of Amundsen Glacier and Scott Glacier and extending from the vicinity of Mount Thorne on the ...
. It was mapped from ground surveys and air photos by 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 ...
, 1928–30, and was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...
for Paul K. Dayton III, a biologist with the
McMurdo Station McMurdo Station is a United States Antarctic research station on the south tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the Unit ...
winter party of 1964.


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Mountains of the Ross Dependency Amundsen Coast {{Ross-mountain-stub