Mount Lorius

Mount Lorius is a mountain, 1,690 metres (5,540 ft) high, standing 2.5 nautical miles (5 km) north of Mount Allison, in the Monument Nunataks of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Antarctic Research Program Victoria Land Traverse Party, 1959–60, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for French glaciologist Claude Lorius, a member of the traverse party.[1]

References
  1. "Mount Lorius". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-07-03.

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