Mount Warden

Mount Warden (86°0′S 146°37′W / 86.000°S 146.617°W / -86.000; -146.617Coordinates: 86°0′S 146°37′W / 86.000°S 146.617°W / -86.000; -146.617) is a snow-covered peak, 2,860 m, standing close southeast of Hunt Spur and surmounting a projecting buttress at the northwest face of Watson Escarpment. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant George W. Warden, U.S. Navy, pilot on aircraft flights over the Queen Maud Mountains in U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47.

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