Mount Dowie

Mount Dowie (70°42′S 66°0′E / 70.700°S 66.000°E / -70.700; 66.000Coordinates: 70°42′S 66°0′E / 70.700°S 66.000°E / -70.700; 66.000) is a ridgelike mountain which rises to a central crest, about 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of Mount Hollingshead in the Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. It was sighted by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions southern party led by W.G. Bewsher in January 1957, and named for Dr. Donald A. Dowie, medical officer at Mawson Station in 1956.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Dowie, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-01-27.

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