Mount Bain

Mount Bain

Mount Bain (66°33′S 65°26′W / 66.55°S 65.433°W / -66.55; -65.433) is a mountain, 2,090 m, standing between Hopkins and Erskine Glaciers on the west coast of Graham Land. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 for James S. Bain of London, who specialized in the development of polar and high altitude rations, with special emphasis on plastic vacuum packaging, between 1948 and 1956.

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