Mount Pinafore () is a prominent

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rising to about 1,100 m lying between Bartok Glacier and Sullivan Glacier situated in the northern portion of Alexander Island,

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. It is located 6.27 km southeast of

Lyubimets Nunatak Lyubimets Nunatak ( bg, нунатак Любимец, ‘Nunatak Lyubimets’ \'nu-na-tak lyu-'bi-mets\) is the partly ice-covered rocky ridge extending 3.9 km in north-northeast to south-southwest direction and 1.8 km wide, rising to ...

, 9.26 km south-southeast of

Kozhuh Peak Kozhuh Peak ( bg, връх Кожух, vrah Kozhuh, ) is the ice-covered peak rising to 1711 m Bartók Glacier Bartók Glacier () is a glacier, long and wide, flowing southwest from the southern end of the Elgar Uplands in the northern part of Alexander Island. It was first photographed from the air and roughly mapped by the British Graham Land Expedi ...

to the northwest. The mountain is named by the

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in 1977, in association with nearby

Gilbert Glacier Gilbert Glacier () is a glacier about 20 nautical miles (37 km) long flowing south from Nichols Snowfield into Mozart Ice Piedmont, situated in northern Alexander Island, Antarctica. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Ex ...

and Sullivan Glacier after the 1878 comic opera ''

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''.

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Mount Pinafore Mountains of Alexander Island {{AlexanderIsland-geo-stub

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