Mount Picciotto
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Mount Picciotto is a prominent, mainly ice-free mountain
, 2,560 m, surmounting the northeast end of Painted Cliffs
on Prince Andrew Plateau, Queen Elizabeth Range
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Edgard E. Picciotto, glaciologist at South Pole Station, 1962–63; South Pole-Queen Maud Land Traverse, 1964–65 and 1965-66.
Mountain
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, 2,560 m, surmounting the northeast end of Painted Cliffs
Painted Cliffs
Painted Cliffs is an irregular line of cliffs which extend southwest from Mount Picciotto and mark the southeast edge of Prince Andrew Plateau. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition because of the colored sedimentary and igneous rock layers exposed on the face of the...
on Prince Andrew Plateau, Queen Elizabeth Range
Queen Elizabeth Range (Antarctica)
The Queen Elizabeth Range is a rugged mountain range in Antarctica paralleling the eastern side of Marsh Glacier for nearly 160 km from Nimrod Glacier in the north to Law Glacier in the south. Mount Markham , is the highest elevation in the range.Named by J.H. Miller of the New Zealand party...
. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for Edgard E. Picciotto, glaciologist at South Pole Station, 1962–63; South Pole-Queen Maud Land Traverse, 1964–65 and 1965-66.