Mount Morgan

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Mount Morgan (76°53′S 143°34′) is a 999 meter high mountain in the Westarctica. It is located within the Ford Ranges 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) northeast of Mount Swan, near the Gutenko Nunataks.

Mount Morgan within the Ford Ranges

Discovery and name

The United States Antarctic Service discovered and mapped it during its 1939-1941 expedition. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the mountain in 1966 after Charles Gill Morgan (1906-1980), a geologist in the second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935) of the US polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd.