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Mount Hawthorne (72°14′S 98°29′W) is a prominent mountain in the Walker Mountains, rising directly south of the base of Noville Peninsula on Thurston Island.
Discovery and name
The mountain was discovered by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and members of the United States Antarctic Service in a flight from the USS Bear on 27 February 1940, and was named by Byrd for Roger Hawthorne, a field representative for the USAS during the years 1939–41.