Mount Askin

Mount Askin (80°10′S 157°53′E) is a high (c. 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) flat-topped mountain between Mount McClintock and Mount Aldrich on the main ridge of Britannia Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Rosemary A. Askin, geologist, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, who, 1970–2000, worked in such diverse parts of Antarctica as Antarctic Peninsula, South Shetland Islands, Victoria Land and the Transantarctic Mountains, including the general vicinity of this mountain.

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