Mount Spohn

Mount Spohn is a prominent peak rising from Otway Massif, being the highest summit (3,240 m) on the ridge bordering the west side of Burgess Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Harry R. Spohn, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) meteorologist at South Pole Station, 1963.

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


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