Mount Sellery

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Mount Sellery
Elevation 3,895 metres (12,779 ft)
Location Antarctica
Range Prince Olav Mountains
Coordinates 84°58′S 172°45′W / -84.967, -172.75Coordinates: 84°58′S 172°45′W / -84.967, -172.75

Mount Sellery is a prominent peak between Mounts Oliver and Smithson in the Prince Olav Mountains of Antarctica. Discovered and photographed by Byrd on the Baselaying Flight of November 18, 1929, and surveyed by A.P. Crary in 1957-58.

The mountain is named by Crary for Harry Sellery of the U.S. National Bureau of Standards, who was Antarctic Project Leader for ionosphere studies, 1957-60.

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