Mount Janus (71°4′S 163°6′E / 71.067°S 163.100°E / -71.067; 163.100) is a bifurcated peak rising to 2,420 metres (7,940 ft) at the north side of the head of Montigny Glacier in the Bowers Mountains of Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee on the proposal of geologist R.A. Cooper, leader of a New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme geological party to the area, 1981–82, after Janus, the deity of portals in Roman mythology, symbolized as having two faces.[1] The topographical feature lies situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare.

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  1. ↑ "Janus, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-07-17.

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