Mount Haskell (66°45′S 64°16′W / 66.750°S 64.267°W / -66.750; -64.267) is a buttress-type mountain, 1,480 metres (4,860 ft) high, standing at the southwest side of Cabinet Inlet between Mount Denucé and Mount Holmes, on the east coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was charted in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, who named it for Daniel C. Haskell, the American bibliographer of the New York Public Library and author of the bibliography, The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838–42, and its Publications, 1844–1874.[1]

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  1. "Haskell, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-05-30.

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