Mount Wrather

Mount Wrather

Mount Wrather (85°23′S 87°14′W / 85.383°S 87.233°W / -85.383; -87.233) is a rock peak (2,095 m) 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) south-southeast of Mount Walcott along the east margin of the Thiel Mountains. The name was proposed by Peter Bermel and Arthur Ford, co-leaders of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Thiel Mountains party that surveyed the mountains in 1960-61. Named for William E. Wrather, sixth director of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1943-56.

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