Mount DeWitt

Mount DeWitt (77°12′S 159°50′E) is a mountain in the Head Mountains, 2,190 metres (7,200 ft) high, rising above the ice plateau just west of Mount Littlepage and the Willett Range, in Victoria Land. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1964 for Hugh H. DeWitt, scientific leader on the Eltanin, 1962–63, who also served on the Glacier, 1958–59.[1][2]

References
  1. "DeWitt, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
  2. "DeWitt, Mount". Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic1stEdition1981_djvu. p. 540. Retrieved 2012-01-19.

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