Mount Meister

Mount Meister (74°14′S 162°47′E) is a mountain, 2,520 metres (8,270 ft) high, on the west side of Priestley Glacier, surmounting the north end of Nash Ridge of the Eisenhower Range, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1955–63, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Laurent J. Meister, a geologist at McMurdo Station in the 1965–66 season.[1]

References
  1. "Mount Meister". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-09-16.

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