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:* '''[[Mintz Peak]]''' (76°53′S 126°03′W) is a small peak rising above the southeast corner of Mount Hartigan. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy trimetrogon photography, 1958-60. Named by US-ACAN for Jerome Mintz, Meteorological Electronics Technician at Byrd Station, 1959. | :* '''[[Mintz Peak]]''' (76°53′S 126°03′W) is a small peak rising above the southeast corner of Mount Hartigan. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy trimetrogon photography, 1958-60. Named by US-ACAN for Jerome Mintz, Meteorological Electronics Technician at Byrd Station, 1959. | ||
:* '''Tusing Peak''' (76°51′S 126°00′W) is a snow-capped peak 2,650 metres (8,690 ft) high rising from the central portion of Mount Hartigan. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy trimetrogon photography, 1958-60, Named by US-ACAN for Alien D. Tusing, meteorologist at Byrd Station, 1959. | :* '''[[Tusing Peak]]''' (76°51′S 126°00′W) is a snow-capped peak 2,650 metres (8,690 ft) high rising from the central portion of Mount Hartigan. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy trimetrogon photography, 1958-60, Named by US-ACAN for Alien D. Tusing, meteorologist at [[Byrd Station]], 1959. | ||
* '''[[Mount Sidley]]''' (77°02′S 126°06′W) is a massive, mainly snow-covered mountain 4,285 metres (14,058 ft) high which is the highest and most imposing of the five extinct volcanic mountains that comprise the McHenry Range. The feature is marked by a spectacular caldera on the southern side and stands northeast of Mount Waesche in the southern part of the range. Discovered by R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd on an airplane flight, November 18, 1934, and named by him for Mabelle E. Sidley, the daughter of William Horlick, manufacturer, who was a contributor to the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35. | * '''[[Mount Sidley]]''' (77°02′S 126°06′W) is a massive, mainly snow-covered mountain 4,285 metres (14,058 ft) high which is the highest and most imposing of the five extinct volcanic mountains that comprise the McHenry Range. The feature is marked by a spectacular caldera on the southern side and stands northeast of Mount Waesche in the southern part of the range. Discovered by R. Admiral Richard E. Byrd on an airplane flight, November 18, 1934, and named by him for Mabelle E. Sidley, the daughter of William Horlick, manufacturer, who was a contributor to the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933-35. | ||