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Mount Whillans
Mount Whillans
is a
mountain
in
Antarctica
,
870
meters in
height
, standing 4
nautical miles
southwest
of
Mount Stroschein
in
Anderson Hills
in northern
Patuxent Range
,
Pensacola Mountains
.
It was mapped by the
United States Geological Survey
from
surveys
and U.S.
Navy
air
photos
from 1956–66. It was named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
for
Ian
M. Whillans, a
glaciologist
at
Palmer Station
during the winter of 1967.