Mount Pivot
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Mount Pivot is a conspicuous mountain
Mountain
Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...

, 1,095 m, with steep rock slopes on its west side, standing between Mount Haslop
Mount Haslop
Mount Haslop is a mountain, 760 m, which stands 2 nautical miles south of Mount Lowe at the west extremity of Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Flight Lieutenant Gordon M. Haslop, RNZAF , New Zealand second pilot of the RAF...

 and Turnpike Bluff
Turnpike Bluff
Turnpike Bluff is a conspicuous rock bluff at the southwest extremity of the Shackleton Range, 5 nautical miles southwest of Mount Homard...

 in the west part of the Shackleton Range
Shackleton Range
The Shackleton Range is a mountain range in Antarctica. Rising to , it extends in an east-west direction for about between the Slessor and Recovery glaciers....

. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole...

and so named because this prominent landmark was the turning point for aircraft and sledging parties of the expedition rounding the southwest end of the Shackleton Range.
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