Mount Wexler

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Mount Kaplan
Elevation 4,024 metres (13,202 ft)[1]
Location Antarctica
Range Hughes Range
Coordinates 84°30′S, 175°1′E

Mount Wexler (84°30′S, 175°1′E) is a prominent ice-free mountain, 4,024 metres, standing 7 km north north west of Mount Kaplan, the highest peak in the Hughes Range of the Transantarctic Mountains. Discovered and photographed by Byrd on the Baselaying Flight of November 18, 1929, and surveyed by A.P. Crary in 1957-58. Named by Crary for Harry Wexler, Chief Scientist for U.S. Antarctic IGY programs, 1957-58.

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