Mount Stansfield

Mount Stansfield (English: /ˈstænsfiːld/; 66°41′S 52°51′E) is a mountain 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) southeast of Mount Berrigan and 20 nautical miles (37 km) west-southwest of Stor Hanakken Mountain in Enderby Land.[1] It was plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1957 and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for P.B. Stansfield, the supervising radio technician at Wilkes Station in 1961.

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

References
  1. Stewart, John (1990). Antarctica. North Carolina: McFarland. pp. 967. ISBN 0899505988.


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