Mount Powell (Antarctica)

Mount Powell (85°21′S 87°56′W / 85.350°S 87.933°W / -85.350; -87.933) is a prominent mountain (2,195 m) sharing a small massif with King Peak which stands 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west-northwest, in the east part of the Thiel Mountains in Antarctica. The name was proposed by Peter Bermel and Arthur Ford, co-leaders of the Thiel Mountains party which surveyed these mountains in 1960-61. Named for John Wesley Powell, second director of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1881-94. Other peaks in the vicinity are named for directors of the United States Geological Survey (USGS).