Mount Wise

Mount Wise

Mount Wise (78°8′S 165°23′E / 78.133°S 165.383°E / -78.133; 165.383) is a bare rock summit, the highest point (815 m) on Brown Peninsula. Named by A.J. Heine of the McMurdo Ice Shelf Project, 1962-63, for K.C. Wise, a New Zealander who explored the peninsula while a member of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958-59.

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