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Mount Marquis (72°29′S 62°30′W / 72.483°S 62.5°W) is a mountain in the south part of Du Toit Mountains, situated 4 nautical miles (7 km) north of Maury Glacier, 28 nautical miles (50 km) south-southwest of Dietz Bluff and 27 nautical miles (50 km) due west of the north end of Pullen Island, on the Black Coast of Palmer Land. It was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1966-69. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Peter T. Marquis, general assistant, British Antarctic Survey (BAS), a member of the joint BAS-USGS party to this area, 1986-87.
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