Mount Colburn

Mount Colburn (74°25′S 132°33′W) is an Antarctic mountain, 520 metres (1,700 ft) high, rising above the east-central part of Shepard Island, off the coast of Marie Byrd Land. It was mapped from the USS Glacier on February 4, 1962, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Richard E. Colburn, U.S. Navy, Communications Officer on the Glacier.

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