Mount Keyser

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Mount Keyser ( 66°56′S52°23′E / 66.933°S 52.383°E / -66.933; 52.383 Coordinates: 66°56′S52°23′E / 66.933°S 52.383°E / -66.933; 52.383 ) is a mountain 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of Mount Ryder, in the eastern part of the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1957, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for D.O. Keyser, a radio officer at Mawson Station in 1961. [1]

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Mount Ryder is a mountain between Harvey Nunataks and Mount Keyser, in the east part of the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land. It was plotted from air photos taken from ANARE aircraft in 1956 and 1957 and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for B.P. Ryder, a radio officer at Mawson Station in 1961.

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