Mount Southard
# Mount Southard

Mount Southard (72°11′S 159°56′E﻿ / ﻿72.183°S 159.933°E﻿ / -72.183; 159.933) is a lone mountain (2,400 m) standing 5 nautical miles (9 km) northwest of Welcome Mountain in the northwest extremity of the Outback Nunataks. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Rupert B. Southard, Chief, Office of International Activities, USGS, with responsibility for USGS field parties working in Antarctica; later Chief of the Topographic Division of USGS.

This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount Southard". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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