Mount Macelwane

Mount Macelwane

Mount Macelwane (81°54′S 89°30′W / 81.9°S 89.5°W / -81.9; -89.5) is the highest peak in the eastern part of the Nash Hills. The peak was positioned by the U.S. Ellsworth-Byrd Traverse Party on December 14, 1958, and named for Rev. James B. Macelwane, S.J. (1883-1956), first chairman of the Technical Panel for Seismology and Gravity of the U.S. National Committee for the IGY, as set up by the National Academy of Sciences.

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