Mount Nespelen
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Mount Nespelen is a massive mountain
, the highest in the coastal ranges between the Mackay and Fry Glaciers, lying on the north side of Benson Glacier
, 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Mount Davidson
. Named by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party (1956–57) of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
after the McMurdo Sound
that season.
Mountain
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, the highest in the coastal ranges between the Mackay and Fry Glaciers, lying on the north side of Benson Glacier
Benson Glacier
Benson Glacier is a glacier about long, draining the east part of Flight Deck Neve and continuing east between Fry Glacier and Mackay Glacier into the north part of Granite Harbour where it forms a floating tongue...
, 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Mount Davidson
Mount Davidson (Antarctica)
Mount Davidson is a mountain, high, standing at the head of Albrecht Penck Glacier in Victoria Land. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition which named it for a member of the ship's company of the Morning, relief ship to the expedition....
. Named by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party (1956–57) of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole...
after the McMurdo Sound
McMurdo Sound
The ice-clogged waters of Antarctica's McMurdo Sound extend about 55 km long and wide. The sound opens into the Ross Sea to the north. The Royal Society Range rises from sea level to 13,205 feet on the western shoreline. The nearby McMurdo Ice Shelf scribes McMurdo Sound's southern boundary...
that season.