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Mount Axtell
Mount Axtell
Highest point
Elevation	1,272 m (4,173 ft)
Listing	Mountains in Antarctica
Coordinates	81°18′S 85°6′W / 81.300°S 85.100°W / -81.300; -85.100
Geography
Continent	Antarctica
Region	Ellsworth Land
Parent range	Pirrit Hills

Mount Axtell is a low but distinctive rock peak 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) southeast of Mount Tidd in the Pirrit Hills, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. It was positioned by the U.S. Ellsworth–Byrd Traverse Party, December 7, 1958, and named for William R. Axtell, Jr., U.S. Navy, cook at Ellsworth Station in 1958 who volunteered to accompany the traverse party.

References

1. Mount Axtell Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
2.  This article incorporates public domain material from "Axtell, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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