Mount Newton

For Mount Newton on the Saanich Peninsula, British Columbia, Canada, see John Dean Provincial Park.

Mount Newton (74°1′S 65°30′E / 74.017°S 65.500°E / -74.017; 65.500Coordinates: 74°1′S 65°30′E / 74.017°S 65.500°E / -74.017; 65.500) is a large humped mountain with a boulder strewn surface and conical peak near the center, standing between flow of Collins and Mellor Glaciers in the Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica. Mapped by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) from air photos taken in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for Dr. Geoff Newton, medical officer at Mawson Station, 1960.

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