Mount Works
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Mount Works is a 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...

, 1,780 m, rising just west of Horne Glacier
Horne Glacier
Horne Glacier is a valley glacier, 6 nautical miles long, draining southwest from the Everett Range between Mount Works and Mount Calvin and entering the lower part of Greenwell Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory...

 and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Pilon Peak
Pilon Peak
Pilon Peak is a prominent peak standing 2 nautical miles northeast of Mount Works along the west side of Horne Glacier, in the Everett Range, Concord Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on...

 in the Everett Range
Everett Range
Everett Range is a rugged, mainly ice-covered mountain range nearly 95 km long between the Greenwell and Ebbe glaciers in northwest Victoria Land, Antarctica...

, Concord Mountains
Concord Mountains
The Concord Mountains is a group name applied to a complex system of mountain ranges in northwest Victoria Land comprising Everett Range, Mirabito Range, King Range, Leitch Massif, East Quartzite Range and West Quartzite Range....

. Mapped by United States Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...

 (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. 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 Lieutenant W.W. Works, U.S. Navy, pilot of P2V aircraft on photographic missions in Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...

and other parts of Antarctica in 1961-62 and 1962-63.
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