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Mount Bergin

Coordinates: 67°42′S 48°55′E / 67.700°S 48.917°E / -67.700; 48.917
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Mount Bergin
Mount Bergin is located in Antarctica
Mount Bergin
Mount Bergin
Highest point
Elevation700 m (2,300 ft)
Naming
EtymologyR.D. Bergin, radio officer at Mawson Station
Geography
ContinentAntarctica
AreaEnderby Land
Range coordinates67°42′S 48°55′E / 67.700°S 48.917°E / -67.700; 48.917
Parent rangeRaggatt Mountains

Mount Bergin (67°42′S 48°55′E / 67.700°S 48.917°E / -67.700; 48.917) is a mountain, 700 m (2,300 ft), standing 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Mount Maslen in the Raggatt Mountains, Enderby Land. It was plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956. It was named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for R.D. Bergin, radio officer at Mawson Station in 1956.

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