Mount Armytage

Mount Armytage was first charted by the Nimrod Expedition (1907-09) which named it for Bertram Armytage, a member of the expedition who was in charge of the ponies.^[1]

Shultz Peak lies at the end of a ridge running south from Mount Armytage. Beckett Nunatak and The Mitten are to the west of Mount Armytage.^[2] The Mitten terminates in Thumb Point. Mount Joyce is to the north and the Ricker Hills to the northwest.^[3] Mount Murray and the Mawson Glacier are to the southeast. The very isolated Reckling Peak is to the southwest.^[2]

Nearby features include:

76°10′S 160°51′E / 76.167°S 160.850°E / -76.167; 160.850. A sharp peak 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) south of Mount Armytage, where it overlooks the north flank of Mawson Glacier. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and Navy air photos. Named by US-ACAN in 1964 for Lieutenant Willard E. Shultz, United States Navy, supply officer at McMurdo Station, 1962.^[4]

76°02′S 160°11′E / 76.033°S 160.183°E / -76.033; 160.183. A flattish, mostly bare rock nunatak lying 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) west of Mount Armytage and south of Harbord Glacier. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and Navy air photos. Named by US-ACAN in 1964 for W.T. Beckett, utilities man at McMurdo Station, 1963.^[5]

75°59′S 160°30′E / 75.983°S 160.500°E / -75.983; 160.500. Bare flat-topped mountain, which resembles a mitten when viewed from above, standing 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northwest of Mount Armytage. Named by the Southern Party of the NZGSAE (1962-63) because of its shape.^[6]

75°58′S 160°28′E / 75.967°S 160.467°E / -75.967; 160.467. A rock spur extending from the northwest side of The Mitten, a butte in the Prince Albert Mountains. Named by the Southern Party of NZGSAE, 1962-63, because the feature resembles the thumb on a mitten.^[7]

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