Mount Weir is a steep section of the polar plateau escarpment with almost all of the rock exposed facing northeast, standing just south of the base of Fulgham Ridge

Fulgham Ridge

Fulgham Ridge is a narrow ice-free ridge, 4 nautical miles long, forming the southeast side of Bowin Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Aviation Boatswain's Mate Donald R. Fulgham, U.S. Navy, Antarctic Support Activity, who participated in...

 at the head of Ramsey Glacier

Ramsey Glacier

Ramsey Glacier is a glacier about 45 nautical miles long, originating in the Bush Mountains near the edge of the polar plateau and flowing north to the Ross Ice Shelf eastward of Den Hartog Peak...

. Discovered and photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump on Flight 8A of February 16, 1947, and 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 Maj. Robert R. Weir, United States Marine Corps

United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...

(USMC), pilot of this flight.