Mount Marwick

Mount Marwick (71°2′S 162°48′E) is a high peak in the Explorers Range of the Bowers Mountains, Antarctica. It rises to 2,590 metres (8,500 ft) at the head of Morley Glacier, 2.5 nautical miles (5 km) west of Mount Sturm. The mountain was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1982 after the late John Marwick, Chief Paleontologist with the New Zealand Geological Survey.[1]

References
  1. "Mount Marwick". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-08-23.

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