Mount Humble

Not to be confused with Mount Hummel.

Mount Humble (67°40′S 49°29′E / 67.667°S 49.483°E / -67.667; 49.483Coordinates: 67°40′S 49°29′E / 67.667°S 49.483°E / -67.667; 49.483) is, at 1,450 metres (4,760 ft), the highest mountain in the Raggatt Mountains of Antarctica. It was plotted from air photos taken by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1956, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for John Edmund Humble, a cosmic ray physicist at Mawson Station in 1960.[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Humble, Mount" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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