Mount Denholm

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Mount Denholm ( 68°12′S49°7′E / 68.200°S 49.117°E / -68.200; 49.117 Coordinates: 68°12′S49°7′E / 68.200°S 49.117°E / -68.200; 49.117 ) is a mountain 1 nautical mile (2 km) southeast of Mount Marriner in the Nye Mountains. It was mapped from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1956, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for J. Denholm, a physicist at Wilkes Station in 1959. [1]

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Mount Marriner is a mountain 2 nautical miles (4 km) west-southwest of Mount Flett in the central Nye Mountains of 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. Marriner, a radio officer at Wilkes Station in 1959.

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PD-icon.svg This article incorporates  public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Denholm, Mount" (content from the Geographic Names Information System ).

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