Mount Collins
| Mount Collins | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Charles Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 66 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Mount Collins is a dark and flattened mountain in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . In the Prince Charles Mountains it rises 22 km west of the Fisher massif .
John Michael Seaton, flight officer of the Royal Australian Air Force , discovered him on a reconnaissance flight as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in November 1956. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named him after Neville Joseph Collins (* 1925), chief mechanic for diesel engines on the Mawson station in 1957 and 1960.
Web links
- Mount Collins in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Collins on geographic.org (English)