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'''[[Mount Manthe]]''' is a mountain 575 meters (1,890 ft) high standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) north-northeast of Shepherd Dome, in the southern part of the [[Hudson Mountains]] along the [[Walgreen Coast]]. It is six miles west of [[Inman Nunatak]].
The '''[[Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station]]''' is a United States scientific research station at the [[South Pole]], the southernmost place on the Earth. The station is located on the high plateau of [[Antarctica]] at an elevation of 2,835 meters (9,301 feet) above sea level and is administered by the Division of Polar Programs within the National Science Foundation under the United States Antarctic Program (USAP).


The mountain was mapped from air photos taken by [[U.S. Navy]] Operation Highjump during the 1946–47 season. Mount Manthe was named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names for Lawrene L. Manthe, a meteorologist at [[Byrd Station]] in 1967.


<p><small>Photographer: Karsten Gohl</small></p>
 
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The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a United States scientific research station at the South Pole, the southernmost place on the Earth. The station is located on the high plateau of Antarctica at an elevation of 2,835 meters (9,301 feet) above sea level and is administered by the Division of Polar Programs within the National Science Foundation under the United States Antarctic Program (USAP).


Photo Credit: Daniel Leussler

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