Mount Creighton

Mount Creighton (70°25′S 65°39′E / 70.417°S 65.650°E / -70.417; 65.650Coordinates: 70°25′S 65°39′E / 70.417°S 65.650°E / -70.417; 65.650) is a mountain about 3 nautical miles (6 km) east-northeast of Mount Gavaghan in the Porthos Range of the Prince Charles Mountains. It was plotted from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions air photos and named for D.F. Creighton, an electronics engineer at Mawson Station in 1963.[1]

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


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