Mount Tod (Antarctica)

Not to be confused with Mount Todd, in the Ellsworth Mountains.

Mount Tod
Mount Tod Enderby Land, Antarctica
Highest point
Coordinates	67°13′S 50°39′E / 67.217°S 50.650°E / -67.217; 50.650Coordinates: 67°13′S 50°39′E / 67.217°S 50.650°E / -67.217; 50.650
Geography
Location	Enderby Land, Antarctica

Mount Tod (67°13′S 50°39′E / 67.217°S 50.650°E / -67.217; 50.650) is a mountain on the southwest side of Auster Glacier, at the head of Amundsen Bay in Enderby Land. Plotted from air photos taken from ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for I. M. Tod, weather observer at Mawson Station in 1961.

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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Tod" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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