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'''Mount Manthe''' (74°47′S 99°21′W) 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]]. | '''Mount Manthe''' (74°47′S 99°21′W) 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. | It is six miles west of [[Inman Nunatak]]. | ||
==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
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. | 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. | ||
==Noble title== | |||
As part of the [[20th Anniversary Honors and Appointments]] celebrating [[Westarctica]]'s 20 years of sovereignty, [[Duke of Fox Grove]] was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica|peerage title]] Marquis de Manthe. | |||
[[Category: Mountains]] | [[Category: Mountains]] | ||