Mount Billing
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Mount Billing is a wedge-shaped mountain
, 1420 metres (4,658.8 ft) high, standing between Mount Mallis
and Mount Bowen
in the Prince Albert Mountains
, Victoria Land
. It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
for Graham Billing, public relations officer at Scott Base
, 1962–63 and 1963–64 seasons.
Mountain
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, 1420 metres (4,658.8 ft) high, standing between Mount Mallis
Mount Mallis
Mount Mallis is a mountain, , midway between Mount Joyce and Mount Billing in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos in 1956-62, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Robert R...
and Mount Bowen
Mount Bowen
Mount Bowen is a mountain of stratified sandstone capped by a sharp black peak, high, standing southwest of Mount Howard in the Prince Albert Mountains, Victoria Land. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, which named it for the Honorable C.C. Bowen, one of the...
in the Prince Albert Mountains
Prince Albert Mountains
The Prince Albert Mountains are a major mountain group in Antarctica over 320 km long. Located in Victoria Land, they run north-south between the Priestley and Ferrar glaicers....
, 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...
. It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent. It is composed of the members of the New Zealand Geographic Board plus selected specialists on Antarctica...
for Graham Billing, public relations officer at Scott Base
Scott Base
Scott Base is a research facility located in Antarctica and is operated by New Zealand. It was named after Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Royal Navy, leader of two British expeditions to the Ross Sea area of Antarctica...
, 1962–63 and 1963–64 seasons.