Mount Wanous

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Mount Wanous
Mount Wanous is located in Antarctica
Mount Wanous
Mount Wanous
Highest point
Elevation1,660 m (5,450 ft)
Coordinates84°52′S 62°20′W / 84.867°S 62.333°W / -84.867; -62.333Coordinates: 84°52′S 62°20′W / 84.867°S 62.333°W / -84.867; -62.333
Geography
LocationAntarctica Pensacola Mountains
Parent rangePatuxent Range

Mount Wanous is a prominent, bare, conical mountain, 1,660 m, standing 4.5 nautical miles (8 km) east of at the northeast edge of Mackin Table in the Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica.

It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos from 1956 to 1966. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for , a geophysicist in the Pensacola Mountains between 1965 and 1966.

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