Mount Macbain

Mount Macbain (83°6′S 162°18′E) is a prominent mountain, 2,205 metres (7,230 ft) high, standing between the mouths of Cornwall Glacier and Helm Glacier in the Queen Elizabeth Range, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander Merle Macbain, U.S. Navy, Public Information Officer with the U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, during U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze III and IV, 1957–58 and 1958–59.[1]

References
  1. "Mount Macbain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-07-12.

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