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Mount Humble ( 67°40′S49°29′E / 67.667°S 49.483°E / -67.667; 49.483 Coordinates: 67°40′S49°29′E / 67.667°S 49.483°E / -67.667; 49.483 ) is, at 1,450 metres (4,760 ft), the highest mountain in the Raggatt Mountains of Antarctica, standing 16 miles (26 km) south of the isolated mountain Mount Sibiryakov. It was plotted from air photos taken by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1956, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for John Edmund Humble, a cosmic ray physicist at Mawson Station in 1960. [1]

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Raggatt Mountains is a group of peaks westward from the Scott Mountains, lying east of Rayner Glacier and north of Thyer Glacier. Delineated by ANARE from air photos taken by RAAF Antarctic Flight of 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Dr. H.G. Raggatt, Secretary of the Australian Dept. of National Development.

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

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