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'''Mount Rees''' (76°40′S 118°10′W) is mountain 2,709 (8,888 ft) meters tall located 7 nautical miles (13 km) northwest of [[Mount Steere]] in the northern end of [[Crary Mountains]].

==Discovery and name==
The mountain was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey from ground surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos collected during the years 1959–66. Mount Rees was named in honor of Manfred H. Rees, aurora scientist who served at [[Byrd Station]] during the 1965–66 research season.

==Geology==
Mount Rees is a shield volcano formed during the late Miocene to early Pliocene. The 1967-1968 Marie Byrd Land Survey found [[lichen]] on Mount Rees, but no other traces of life.

[[Category:Mountains]]

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