Mount Fearon (75°5′S 161°42′E / 75.083°S 161.700°E / -75.083; 161.700) is a mountain, 1,140 metres (3,740 ft) high, rising at the east side of Woodberry Glacier, 6 nautical miles (11 km) northwest of Mount Priestley, in the Prince Albert Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956–62, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Colin E. Fearon, a biologist at McMurdo Station, summer 1962–63.[1]

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  1. ↑ "Fearon, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-19.

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