Mount Heer (73°18′S 62°58′W / 73.300°S 62.967°W) is a mountain on the south side of Haines Glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Mount Barkow, in Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961–67, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Ray R. Heer, Jr., Program Director (Atmospheric Physics) of the Office of Antarctic Programs at the National Science Foundation.[1]
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- ↑ "Heer, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
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