- Mathys Bank
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Mathys Bank (80°19′S 28°30′W / 80.317°S 28.5°W) is a rock ridge rising to about 750 m, located 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) southwest of Mount Etchells in La Grange Nunataks, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968-71. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Nicholas Mathys, BAS general assistant, Halley Station, 1967–69, who worked in Shackleton Range, 1968-69.
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