Mount Whillans

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Mount Whillans
Mount Whillans is located in Antarctica
Mount Whillans
Mount Whillans
Highest point
Elevation870 m (2,850 ft)
Coordinates84°27′S 63°15′W / 84.450°S 63.250°W / -84.450; -63.250Coordinates: 84°27′S 63°15′W / 84.450°S 63.250°W / -84.450; -63.250
Geography
LocationAntarctica Pensacola Mountains
Parent rangePatuxent Range

Mount Whillans is a mountain in Antarctica, 870 meters in height, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) southwest of Mount Stroschein in Anderson Hills in northern Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains.

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 glaciologist at Palmer Station during the winter of 1967.

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