Mount Hunter (Antarctica)

Mount Hunter (64°5′S 62°24′W) is a mountain in northern Stribog Mountains, 1,410 metres (4,630 ft) high, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) west-southwest of Duclaux Point on Pasteur Peninsula, Brabant Island, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It surmounts Podayva Glacier to the north, Burevestnik Glacier to the northeast, Lister Glacier to the southeast and Dodelen Glacier to the west.

Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

The mountain was shown on an Argentine government chart in 1953, but not named. It was photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. The feature was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for John Hunter, a British surgeon, comparative anatomist and physiologist, who revolutionized the approach to surgery as an exact science in relation to other aspects of medicine.[1]

Maps
gollark: Ah, zyus, bane of people who want eggs which hatch.
gollark: My copper is incuhatchable, unless I already incubated it and forgot.
gollark: Stupid shortage of reds... eight is not enough!
gollark: I can hold onto some space for a maximum of about 20 hours from now.
gollark: I will in 11 hours.

References
  1. "Hunter, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
Brabant Island from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background; Pasteur Peninsula is seen as the nearest part of the island on the right.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Hunter, Mount". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)


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