Mount Shearer

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Mount Shearer (71°19′S, 163°0′E) is a peak rising to 2,100 m, 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Mount Jamroga in the central portion of the Bowers Mountains. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in 1983 after Ian J. Shearer, elected to the New Zealand Parliament, 1975; Minister of Science and Technology, 1980-83.

This article incorporates text from Mount Shearer, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.