- Mount Melton
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Mount Melton (77°31′S 168°52′E / 77.517°S 168.867°E) is a squarish mountain 1.3 nautical miles (2.4 km) west of Tent Peak in Kyle Hills, Ross Island. The feature rises to c.2000 m on the north side of Lofty Promenade. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2000) after Terry Melton, power plant mechanic/facilities engineer, Palmer Station, June 1981-Jan. 1983; worked nine WINFLY/summer seasons at McMurdo Sound as Williams Field facilities engineer/site supervisor, McMurdo operations superintendent, and McMurdo area manager, 1984–93; National Science Foundation (NSF) McMurdo Station manager, October 1998-Oct. 1999.
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