Mount Macbain

Mount Macbain (83°6′S 162°18′E / 83.100°S 162.300°E / -83.100; 162.300Coordinates: 83°6′S 162°18′E / 83.100°S 162.300°E / -83.100; 162.300) is a prominent mountain, 2,205 metres (7,230 ft) high, standing between the mouths of Cornwall Glacier and Helm Glacier in the Queen Elizabeth Range, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander Merle Macbain, U.S. Navy, Public Information Officer with the U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, during U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze III and IV, 1957–58 and 1958–59.^[1]

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