Mount Titus

Mount Titus (72°15′S 169°2′E / 72.250°S 169.033°E / -72.250; 169.033Coordinates: 72°15′S 169°2′E / 72.250°S 169.033°E / -72.250; 169.033) is a mountain, 2,840 m, surmounting the heights between the Staircase and Kelly Glaciers in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Robert W. Titus, meteorologist, station scientific leader at Hallett Station, 1961.

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