Mount Sones

Mount Sones (67°2′S 51°30′E / 67.033°S 51.500°E / -67.033; 51.500Coordinates: 67°2′S 51°30′E / 67.033°S 51.500°E / -67.033; 51.500) is a mountain standing on the north side of Beaver Glacier, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Mount Reed in the Tula Mountains. It was plotted from air photos taken by ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) in 1956 and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) in 1962 for F. Sones, a member of the crew of the Discovery during the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) of 1929-31.

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