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536:. A rounded, mainly ice-covered mountain rising above the Peletier Plateau 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) northwest of Mount Ropar. The name given by US-ACAN is descriptive of the semicircular bands of snow on the south side of the mountain.
342:. A rock peak, 2,580 metres (8,460 ft) high, marking the southwest limits of the Canopy Cliffs. Named by US-ACAN for Clifford C. Allsup, Aviation Machinist's Mate, United States Navy, who was injured during Operation Deep Freeze II, 1956-57.
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498:. A mountain, 2,665 metres (8,743 ft) high, at the end of the rock spur running west from the Sandford Cliffs. Named by US-ACAN for Carl O. Wyman, ionospheric scientist at Little America V, 1957.
422:. A mountain, 2,420 metres (7,940 ft) high, at the east extremity of the Canopy Cliffs. Named by US-ACAN for Nicholas J. Ropar, Jr., Weather Central meteorologist at Little America V, 1958.
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