Mount Raymond
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Mount Raymond is a rock peak
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...

, 2,820 m, standing on the southernmost ridge of the Grosvenor Mountains
Grosvenor Mountains
Grosvenor Mountains is a group of widely scattered mountains and nunataks rising above the polar plateau east of the head of Mill Glacier, extending from Mount Pratt in the north to the Mount Raymond area in the south, and from Otway Massif in the northwest to Larkman Nunatak in the SE. Discovered...

, 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) southeast of Mount Cecily
Mount Cecily
Mount Cecily is a prominent peak, high, standing northwest of Mount Raymond, in the Grosvenor Mountains. It was discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, and named for Shackleton's daughter. The position agrees with that shown on Shackleton's map but the peak does not lie in the...

. Discovered by Ernest Shackleton
Ernest Shackleton
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, CVO, OBE was a notable explorer from County Kildare, Ireland, who was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration...

 of the British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09), who named this feature for his eldest son. The position agrees with that shown on Shackleton's map, but the peak does not lie in the Dominion Range
Dominion Range
The Dominion Range is a broad mountain range, about long, forming a prominent salient at the juncture of the Beardmore and Mill glaciers in Antarctica. The range is part of the Queen Maud Mountains...

 as he thought, being separated from that range by Mill Glacier
Mill Glacier
Mill Glacier is a tributary glacier, 16 km wide, flowing northwest between the Dominion Range and the Supporters Range into Beardmore Glacier. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition and named for Hugh Robert Mill, British geographer and Antarctic historian.-See also:* List of glaciers in...

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