Mount Bastion
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Mount Bastion is a mountain
, 2,530 m, standing west of Webb Glacier
and Gibson Spur
, where the interior ice plateau meets the Willett Range
in Victoria Land
. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1959–60) for its buttress-like appearance.
Mountain
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, 2,530 m, standing west of Webb Glacier
Webb Glacier (Victoria Land)
Webb Glacier is a glacier just north of Mount Bastion and Gibson Spur, flowing south-east into the head of Barwick Valley in Victoria Land. It was named by the Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions for P.N. Webb who, with B.C. McKelvey, did the first geological exploration in this area and...
and Gibson Spur
Gibson Spur
Gibson Spur is a high rocky spur just west of the mouth of Webb Glacier, in Victoria Land. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition after G.W. Gibson, one of the party's geologists....
, where the interior ice plateau meets the Willett Range
Willett Range
Willett Range is the range extending north from Mistake Peak and running for 20 nautical miles as a high shelf along the edge of the continental ice to the Mackay Glacier, in Victoria Land. The range is breached by several glaciers flowing east from the plateau...
in Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1959–60) for its buttress-like appearance.