Mount Bergin

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Mount Bergin ( 67°42′S48°55′E / 67.700°S 48.917°E / -67.700; 48.917 Coordinates: 67°42′S48°55′E / 67.700°S 48.917°E / -67.700; 48.917 ) is a mountain, 700 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Mount Maslen in the Raggatt Mountains, Enderby Land. It was plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956. It was named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for R.D. Bergin, radio officer at Mawson station in 1956.

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Mount Maslen is a mountain, 1,200 metres (4,000 ft) high, standing 1 nautical mile (2 km) west of Mount Currie in the Raggatt Mountains of Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1956 and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for A.W.G. Maslen, the officer-in-charge at Mawson Station in 1961.

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