Mount Timosthenes is a prominent peak

Summit (topography)

In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...

 between the head of Hariot Glacier

Hariot Glacier

Hariot Glacier is a glacier flowing northwest along the south side of Morgan Upland before turning west into the north portion of Wordie Ice Shelf, along the west coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Roughly surveyed by British Graham Land Expedition , 1936-37. The upper reaches were photographed from...

 and the north side of Airy Glacier

Airy Glacier

The Airy Glacier is a glacier long and wide, flowing west to the northeast portion of Forster Ice Piedmont, near the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula....

, 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Peregrinus Peak

Peregrinus Peak

Peregrinus Peak is a peak along the north side of Airy Glacier, 3 nautical miles southeast of Mount Timosthenes, in central Antarctic Peninsula. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition November 27, 1947. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in December 1958...

, in central Antarctic Peninsula

Antarctic Peninsula

The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica. It extends from a line between Cape Adams and a point on the mainland south of Eklund Islands....

. Photographed from the air by United States Antarctic Service (USAS), September 28, 1940, and by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition

Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition

The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.-Background:...

 (RARE), November 27, 1947. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in December 1958. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Aristotle Timosthenes of Rhodes, chief pilot of King Ptolemy II (285-246 B.C.), who wrote sailing directions and devised the windrose of 8 or 12 winds, later developed into the points of the compass.