Mount Gillmor () is a largely ice-free
mountain
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(2,185 m) at the south side of the head of
Svendsen Glacier, in the
Usarp Mountains
The Usarp Mountains are a major Antarctic mountain range, lying west of the Rennick Glacier and trending north to south for about . The feature is bounded to the north by Pryor Glacier and the Wilson Hills.
These mountains were discovered and ...
.
Mapped by
United States Geological Survey
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(USGS) from surveys and
U.S. Navy
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aerial photographs, 1960–62. Named by
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 ...
(US-ACAN) for
C. Stewart Gillmor, U.S.
exchange scientist (
ionospheric physics) at the
Soviet
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Mirny Station
The Mirny Station (russian: Мирный, literally ''Peaceful'') is a Russian (formerly Soviet) first Antarctic science station located in Queen Mary Land, Antarctica, on the Antarctic coast of the Davis Sea.
The station is managed by the Ar ...
in 1961.
References
Mountains of Oates Land
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