Mount Wilbur (Antarctica)

Mount Wilbur (86°58′S 152°37′W / 86.967°S 152.617°W / -86.967; -152.617) is a mountain standing 3.2 km (2 mi) east of Mount Weaver at the head of the Scott Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains, Antarctica. Discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Quin Blackburn, and named by Byrd for Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy, 1925-29.[1]

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