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Mount Absalom

Coordinates: 80°24′S 25°24′W / 80.400°S 25.400°W / -80.400; -25.400
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Mount Absalom (80°24′S 25°24′W / 80.400°S 25.400°W / -80.400; -25.400) is the southernmost and highest (1,640 m) mountain of the Herbert Mountains, in the central part of the Shackleton Range. It was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Henry W.L. Absalom, a member of the Scientific Committee on the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1955-58.

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