Mount Powell (Antarctica)

Mount Powell is a prominent mountain (2,195 m) sharing a small massif with King Peak which stands 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west-northwest, in the east part of the Thiel Mountains in Antarctica.[1][2] The name was proposed by Peter Bermel and Arthur Ford, co-leaders of the Thiel Mountains party which surveyed these mountains in 1960–61.[1] Named for John Wesley Powell, second director of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1881–94.[1] Other peaks in the vicinity are named for directors of the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

See also
  • Mountains in Antarctica

References
  1. "Mount Powell". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2017-01-04. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. Mount Powell peakery.com


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