Mount Gaston

Mount Gaston (70°25′S 65°47′E) is a mountain 0.5 nautical miles (1 km) southeast of Mount Tarr in the Porthos Range of the Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica. It was plotted from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) air photos of 1965, and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for Joseph Gaston, an aircraft engineer with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1969.[1]

Not to be confused with Mount Gaston de Gerlache.

References
  1. "Gaston, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-17.

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