Mount Isherwood
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Mount Isherwood is a flattish, mainly ice-covered mountain
Mountain
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 with steep rock slopes, located 4 miles (6 km) west-southwest of Mount Strange
Mount Strange
Mount Strange is a partly ice-free mountain 4 nautical miles east-northeast of Mount Isherwood, standing at the east side of Simmons Glacier in the Kohler Range, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-66. Named by Advisory Committee...

 in the Kohler Range
Kohler Range
Kohler Range is a mountain range in the Marie Byrd Land of Antarctica. The range is about 64 km long and stands between the base of Martin Peninsula and Smith Glacier...

 of Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land is the portion of West Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approximately to a line between the head of the Ross Ice Shelf and Eights Coast. It stretches between 158°W and 103°24'W...

. The mountain was first photographed from aircraft of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 (US-ACAN) for William F. Isherwood, geophysicist on the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) South Pole-Queen Maud Land Traverse II, 1965–66, and on the Marie Byrd Land Survey 1966-67.
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