Mitchell Peak

Mitchell Peak (76°25′S 147°22′W / 76.417°S 147.367°W / -76.417; -147.367) is a solitary peak 13 nautical miles (24 km) west of Birchall Peaks on the south side of Guest Peninsula in Marie Byrd Land. It was sighted by R. Admiral Byrd, December 5, 1929, while on an airplane flight over this coast. Named by Byrd for Hugh C. Mitchell, mathematician of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, a member of the National Geographic Society committee of experts which determined that Byrd reached both the North and South Poles by airplane in 1926 and 1929, respectively.

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