Mount Llano
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Mount Llano is a mountain
Mountain
Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...

 peak
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...

 (1,930 m) in the foothills of the Prince Olav Mountains
Prince Olav Mountains
The Prince Olav Mountains is a mountain range of the Queen Maud Mountains stretching from Shackleton Glacier to Liv Glacier at the head of the Ross Ice Shelf....

 on Antarctica, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) northeast of Mount Wade
Mount Wade
Mount Wade is a massive mountain which is a most distinctive landmark in its region, standing six kilometres northwest of Mount Campbell in the Prince Olav Mountains of Antarctica. The feature is easily viewed from positions on Shackleton Glacier or the Ross Ice Shelf...

. Surveyed by the U.S. Ross Ice Shelf Traverse Party (1957-58) under A.P. Crary, and named after George A. Llano, American biologist and authority on polar lichems; Program Manager
Program Manager
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 for Biological and Medical Sciences, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...

, 1960-77; member of several seasonal expeditions to Antarctica from 1957-58.
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