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Mount Shattuck
Mountain in Ellsworth Land, Antarctica From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mount Shattuck (80°26′S 81°28′W) is a peak, 1,430 m, located at the south end of Independence Hills, about 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Redpath Peaks, in the Heritage Range. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for aviation machinist Wayne M. Shattuck of the U.S. Navy, who was an air crewman on LC-47 aircraft, who perished in a crash on the Ross Ice Shelf on February 2, 1966.

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