Mount Gimber
Mount Gimber (72°1′S 102°0′W) is an ice-covered mountain 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) southeast of Landfall Peak in the extreme west part of Thurston Island. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Commander H.M.S. Gimber, the captain of the destroyer Brownson in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47.[1]
Map of Thurston Island.
Satellite image of Thurston Island.
See also
- Mountains in Antarctica
Maps
- Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
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