Mount Mackellar () is a massive mountain, high, standing at the head of Mackellar Glacier, south of Pagoda Peak in the

Queen Alexandra Range The Queen Alexandra Range () is a major mountain range about long, bordering the entire western side of Beardmore Glacier from the Polar Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf. The range is in the Transantarctic Mountains System, and is located in the Ross ...

, Antarctica.

Discovery and name

Mount Mackellar was discovered by the

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, and named after Campbell Mackellar, a supporter of the expedition.

Location

Mount Mackellar rises above the north of

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in the central Queen Alexandra Range. Mount Elizabeth is to the east. Mount Mackellar is at the head of Mackellar Glacier to the northwest. A line of peaks extends to the northwest along the west side of Tillite Glacier, ending in Fairchild Peak and Portal Rock. A ridge connects the mountain to Pagoda Peak to the north, from which Hampton Ridge extends between Montgomerie Glacier and Mackellar Glacier to Peneplain Peak.

Features

Nearby features include:

Fairchild Peak

. A conspicuous rock peak, high, standing south-southeast of Portal Rock, at the south side of the mouth of Tillite Glacier. Named by the United States

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(US-ACAN) for William W. Fairchild, United States ArmyRP cosmic rays scientist at McMurdo Sound, 1961.

Portal Rock

. A turret-like rock knob high standing northwest of Fairchild Peak, just south of the mouth of Tillite Glacier. So named by the

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geology party (1966-67) because the only safe route to Tillite Glacier lies between this rock and Fairchild Peak.

Threshold Nunatak

. An isolated nunatak located at the mouth of Tillite Glacier, northeast of Portal Rock. The name was suggested by John Gunner of the Ohio State University Geological Expedition, 1969-70, who was landed by helicopter to collect a rock sample here. The name is in association with Portal Rock and also reflects the location at the mouth of Tillite Glacier.

Pagoda Peak

. A sharp peak, high, between the heads of Tillite Glacier and Montgomerie Glacier, north of Mount Mackellar. So named by the

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(NZGSAE) (1961-62) because of its shape.

Hampton Ridge

. A ridge about long running north from Pagoda Peak between Montgomerie and Mackellar Glaciers. Named by US-ACAN for Major William C. Hampton, commanding officer of the United States Army Aviation Detachment which supported the Texas Tech-Shackleton Glacier Expedition, 1964-65.

Peneplain Peak

. A peak high located midway along Hampton Ridge, which lies between Montgomerie Glacier and Mackellar Glacier. So named by the Ohio State University Geological Party, 1967–68, because an excellent exposure of.the Kukri Peneplain, an ancient erosion surface, is present on the peak.

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