Mount Malville () is a mountain, high, standing southwest of Ackerman Nunatak in the northern part of the

Forrestal Range The Forrestal Range () is a largely snow-covered mountain range, about long, standing east of Dufek Massif and the Neptune Range in the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. Discovery and name The Forrestal Range was discovered and photographed on ...

Pensacola Mountains The Pensacola Mountains () are a large group of mountain ranges and peaks that extend in a northeast–southwest direction in the Transantarctic Mountains System, Queen Elizabeth Land region of Antarctica. They comprise the Argentina Range, Forre ...

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Mapping and name

Mount Malville was mapped by the

United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on Mar ...

(USGS) from surveys and

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air photographs from 1956 to 1966. It was named by the United States

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

(US-ACAN) for J. McKim Malville, an auroral scientist at

Ellsworth Station Ellsworth Scientific Station (, or simply ''Estación Ellsworth'' or ''Base Ellsworth'') was a permanent, all year-round originally American, then Argentine Antarctic scientific research station named after American polar explorer Lincoln Ellswo ...

during the winter of 1957.

Location

Mount Malville is towards the north end of the

, which trends north-northeast between the

Sallee Snowfield Sallee Snowfield () is a large snowfield between the Dufek Massif and northern Forrestal Range in the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. Mapping and name The Sallee Snowfield was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and Uni ...

to the west and the

Support Force Glacier The Support Force Glacier () is a major glacier in the Pensacola Mountains, draining northward between the Forrestal Range and Argentina Range to the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf. Mapping and name The Support Force Glacier was mapped by the United ...

to the east. It is north of the

Kester Peaks The Kester Peaks () are three aligned rock peaks standing together south of Mount Malville on the east side of the Forrestal Range, in the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. Mapping and name The Kester Peaks were mapped by the United States Geo ...

. The Larson Nunataks are just to the east of Mount Malville. Features to the north include Ackerman Nunatak, Butler Rocks and Vanguard Nunatak.

Nearby features

Larson Nunataks

. A small cluster of nunataks lying along the east side of Forrestal Range, southeast of Mount Malville. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-AC AN for Larry R. Larson, aviation electronics technician at Ellsworth Station, winter 1957.

Ackerman Nunatak

. An isolated nunatak, high, standing south-southeast of Butler Rocks. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Thomas A. Ackerman, aerographer, Ellsworth Station winter party, 1957.

Butler Rocks

. Two rock nunataks, high, standing southwest of Vanguard Nunatak. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for William A. Butler, aerographer, Ellsworth Station winter party, 1957.

Vanguard Nunatak

. A conspicuous cone-shaped nunatak, high, standing at the northern extremity of Forrestal Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. So named by US-ACAN for its prominent position at the north end of Forrestal Range.

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