Mount Wise

Mount Wise (78°8′S 165°23′E / 78.133°S 165.383°E / -78.133; 165.383Coordinates: 78°8′S 165°23′E / 78.133°S 165.383°E / -78.133; 165.383) is a bare rock summit, the highest point (815 m) on Brown Peninsula, Antarctica. It was named by A.J. Heine of the McMurdo Ice Shelf Project, 1962–63, for K.C. Wise, a New Zealander who explored the peninsula while a member of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958–59.

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