Mount Bain

Mount Bain (66°33′S 65°26′W / 66.550°S 65.433°W / -66.550; -65.433Coordinates: 66°33′S 65°26′W / 66.550°S 65.433°W / -66.550; -65.433) is a mountain, 2,090 m, standing between Hopkins and Erskine Glaciers on the west coast of Graham Land. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 for James S. Bain of London, who specialized in the development of polar and high altitude rations, with special emphasis on plastic vacuum packaging, between 1948 and 1956.

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