- Mount Wanous
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Mount Wanous (84°52′S 62°20′W / 84.867°S 62.333°W) is a prominent, bare, conical mountain, 1,660 m, standing 4.5 nautical miles (8 km) east of Pierce Peak at the northeast edge of Mackin Table in the Patuxent Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Richard E. Wanous, geophysicist in the Pensacola Mountains, 1965-66.
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