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Mount Estes (78°16′S 166°18′E / 78.267°S 166.3°E) is a flattish mountain 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) south of Mount Aurora in the south part of Black Island, Ross Archipelago. The mountain rises to 600 m and is similar to the flat Cape Beck massif that forms the south end of the island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1999) after Steve A. Estes, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, who investigated the seismicity of nearby Mount Erebus, 1980–81 and 1981-82.
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