Feature Name (see definition): Griffiths, Mount

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 6051

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 29' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 054° 03' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.4833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 54.05

Elevation (see definition): 1680

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1965

Description (see definition): Elongated mountain with two prominent peaks of 1,650 and 1,680 m, standing 5 mi NW of Wilkinson Peaks in the Napier Mountains. Plotted by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and called Mefjell (middle mountain), a name used elsewhere in Antarctica. The mountain was visited in 1961 by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) sledge party and named by ANCA for G.S. Griffiths, a member of the Australian Antarctic Exploration Committee of 1886.

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