Mount Gorton (70°1′S 159°15′E / 70.017°S 159.250°E / -70.017; 159.250) is a prominent mountain, 1,995 metres (6,550 ft) high, located 6 nautical miles (11 km) west-southwest of Mount Perez in the southern Wilson Hills of Antarctica. It was photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47. The mountain was sighted in 1961 by Phillip Law of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and was positioned by observations from the ship Magga Dan. It was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia after Senator J.G. Gorton, Australian Minister for the Navy at that time.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Gorton, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  2. ↑ Alberts, Fred G., ed. (June 1995). Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (second ed.). United States Board on Geographic Names. p. 287. Retrieved 2012-04-05.

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