Mount Flett

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Mount Flett ( 68°9′S49°12′E / 68.150°S 49.200°E / -68.150; 49.200 Coordinates: 68°9′S49°12′E / 68.150°S 49.200°E / -68.150; 49.200 ) is a mountain between Mount Marriner and Mount Underwood 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. Flett, a radio officer 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.

Mount Underwood is an elongated mountain 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Mount Flett in the central Nye Mountains. It was plotted from air photos taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956 and 1957 and was named by the ANC for R. Underwood, a geophysicist at Wilkes Station in 1959.

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