Mount Cahill

Mount Cahill is one of the Sky-Hi Nunataks in Palmer Land, rising to 1,755 metres (5,758 ft) east-northeast of Mount Carrara. It was named in 1987 by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Laurence J. Cahill, Jr., physicist, University of Minnesota; Principal Investigator in upper atmospheric physics at Siple Station and South Pole Station for many years from 1973.

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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Cahill, Mount" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Coordinates: 74°53′S 71°14′W / 74.883°S 71.233°W / -74.883; -71.233

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