Mount Hemmingsen (73°25′S 61°50′W / 73.417°S 61.833°W / -73.417; -61.833) is a mountain at the northeast end of the Werner Mountains, located on the south side of Meinardus Glacier, 5 nautical miles (9 km) southwest of Court Nunatak, 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 Edvard A. Hemmingsen, a biologist at McMurdo Station in the summer of 1966–67, and at Palmer Station, 1967–68.[1]

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  1. "Hemmingsen, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-06-11.

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