Mount Shattuck

Location of Heritage Range in Western Antarctica.

Mount Shattuck (80°26′S 81°28′W / 80.433°S 81.467°W / -80.433; -81.467Coordinates: 80°26′S 81°28′W / 80.433°S 81.467°W / -80.433; -81.467) is a peak, 1,430 m, located at the south end of Independence Hills, about 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Redpath Peaks, in the Heritage Range. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for aviation machinist Wayne M. Shattuck of the U.S. Navy, who was an air crewman on LC-47 aircraft, who perished in a crash on the Ross Ice Shelf on February 2, 1966.

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