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[[File:Mount-Strange.jpg|350px|thumb|Map showing the location of Mount Strange]]
'''Mount Strange''' (74°58′S 113°30′W) is a partly [[ice]]-free mountain 4 nautical miles (7 km) east-northeast of [[Mount Isherwood]], standing at the east side of Simmons Glacier in the [[Kohler Range]] of [[Westarctica]].

==Ecology==
During a 1968 biological survey, algae and [[lichen]]s were the only lifeforms detected at this location.

==Discovery and name==
The mountain was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] air photos collected during the years 1959-66. Mount Strange was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names in honor of Joe F. Strange, a USGS topographic engineer, who served as a member of the [[Marie Byrd Land]] Survey Party over the 1966-67 research season.

==Peerage title==
On 10 December 2019, Simon Liew was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] Marquis de Strange in recognition of his support of Westarctica.

[[Category: Mountains]]

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