Mount Mair

Mount Mair

Mount Mair (54°49′S 36°2′W / 54.817°S 36.033°W / -54.817; -36.033) is a mountain rising to 780 m between Brandt Cove and Larsen Harbor, Drygalski Fjord, South Georgia. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Bruce F. Mair, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologist, who carried out extensive geological mapping in the area in the 1974-75 and 1976-77 field seasons.

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



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