Mount Wells (Antarctica)
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Mount Wells is a massive ice-covered mountain
in the Prince Olav Mountains
, standing at the west side of Liv Glacier
, about 4 miles (6 km) northwest of June Nunatak
. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
for Harry Wells, Executive Secretary of the Committee on Polar Research, US National Academy Sciences, 1962–66.
Mountain
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in 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....
, standing at the west side of Liv Glacier
Liv Glacier
Liv Glacier is a steep valley glacier, long, emerging from the Antarctic Plateau just southeast of Barnum Peak and draining north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter Ross Ice Shelf between Mayer Crags and Duncan Mountains. Discovered in 1911 by Roald Amundsen, who named it for the daughter...
, about 4 miles (6 km) northwest of June Nunatak
June Nunatak
June Nunatak is the central of three nunataks in mid-stream of the upper Liv Glacier, standing about 4 nautical miles southeast of Mount Wells, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Named by the Southern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition for Harold June, aviator and...
. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
for Harry Wells, Executive Secretary of the Committee on Polar Research, US National Academy Sciences, 1962–66.