Mount Maguire is a large flat-topped mountain

Mountain

Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...

 with a distinctive pointed nunatak

Nunatak

A nunatak is an exposed, often rocky element of a ridge, mountain, or peak not covered with ice or snow within an ice field or glacier. The term is typically used in areas where a permanent ice sheet is present...

 on the east side, located 22 nautical miles (41 km) south of Cumpston Massif

Cumpston Massif

Cumpston Massif is a prominent, flat-topped rock outcrop, about high, long and km wide, at the junction of Lambert Glacier and Mellor Glacier in Mac. Robertson Land.-Discovery and naming:...

 near the head of Lambert Glacier

Lambert Glacier

Lambert Glacier is a major glacier in East Antarctica. At about 60 miles wide, over 250 miles long, and about 2,500 meters deep, it holds the Guinness world record for the world's largest glacier...

. Mapped from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions

Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions

The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division .-The ANARE Name:...

) air photos and surveys, 1956-58. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Sgt. O. Maguire, RAAF, radio technician at Mawson Station

Mawson Station

Mawson Station is one of three permanent Australian bases in the Australian Antarctic Territory of East Antarctica. Named after Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson, the base is managed by the Australian Antarctic Division...

in 1958.