Mount Cahill

Mount Cahill is one of the Sky-Hi Nunataks in Palmer Land, rising to 1,755 metres (5,758 ft) east-northeast of Mount Carrara. It was named in 1987 by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Laurence J. Cahill, Jr., physicist, University of Minnesota; Principal Investigator in upper atmospheric physics at Siple Station and South Pole Station for many years from 1973.

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


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