Mount Swinford

Mount Swinford (77°16′S 161°54′E / 77.267°S 161.900°E / -77.267; 161.900Coordinates: 77°16′S 161°54′E / 77.267°S 161.900°E / -77.267; 161.900) is a peak 2.75 nautical miles (5 km) west-northwest of Mount Harker in Saint Johns Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Commander Harold D. Swinford, U.S. Navy (CEC), who served with the Navy Nuclear Power Unit at McMurdo Station, wintering over there in 1963 and 1968.

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