- Mount Stump
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Mount Stump (86°11′S 153°10′W / 86.183°S 153.167°W) is a mostly ice-free mountain rising to 2,490 m, located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north-northeast of Mount Colbert and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Mount Borcik in the southeast part of Hays Mountains, Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with Mount Colbert after Edmund Stump, geologist, Arizona State University; United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geological investigator at lower Shackleton Glacier (1970–71), Duncan Mountains (1974–75), Leverett Glacier (1977–78), Scott Glacier and Byrd Glacier (1978–79), and La Gorce Mountains (1980–81); Chief Scientist, International Northern Victoria Land Project (1981–82); additional investigations, McMurdo Dry Valleys, January 1983; Nimrod Glacier area, 1985-86.
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