Mount Weyant

Mount Weyant (77°33′S 162°42′E / 77.550°S 162.700°E / -77.550; 162.700Coordinates: 77°33′S 162°42′E / 77.550°S 162.700°E / -77.550; 162.700) is a prominent ice-free summit, 1,930 m, between Loftus and Newall Glaciers in Victoria Land. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1964 for William S. Weyant, meteorologist in charge with the winter party at Little America V in 1958.

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