Mount Gist

Mount Gist
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height	1529 m
location	Queen Marie Land , East Antarctica
Coordinates	67 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ S , 98 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ E Coordinates: 67 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ S , 98 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ E
Normal way	Alpine tour (glaciated)

Mount Gist is a 1529 m high mountain in Queen Marie Land in East Antarctica . It rises 13 km northwest of Mount Strathcona near the head end of the Denman Glacier .

Aerial photographs of the US American Operation Highjump (1946–1947) were used to map it. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1955 after Lieutenant Francis John Gist (1921-1989) of the United States Navy , co-pilot and navigator on the reconnaissance flights during Operation Highjump between the 14th and 164th degrees east latitude.

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