Mount Murray () is a sharp granite peak, high, standing west of Bruce Point on the north side of

Mawson Glacier The Mawson Glacier () is a large glacier on the east coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, descending eastward from the Antarctic Plateau to the north of Trinity Nunatak and the Kirkwood Range, to enter the Ross Sea, where it forms the Nordenskjöl ...

in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Mount Murray was first charted by the

British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09 The ''Nimrod'' Expedition of 1907–1909, otherwise known as the British Antarctic Expedition, was the first of three expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton and his second time to the Continent. Its main target, among a range of ...

(BrAE) which named it for James Murray, biologist with the expedition.

Location

Mount Murray is just north of the Mawson Glacier near its mouth on the

Ross Sea The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica, between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land and within the Ross Embayment, and is the southernmost sea on Earth. It derives its name from the British explorer James Clark Ross who ...

, to the east. It is northeast of the Walker Rocks, east of Mount Brocklehurst and south of Mount Smith. It is in the

Prince Albert Mountains The Prince Albert Mountains () are a major mountain group in Antarctica over long. Located in Victoria Land, they run north–south between the Priestley Glacier to the north and Ferrar Glacier to the south. They are south of the Deep Freeze ...

, north of the

Kirkwood Range The Kirkwood Range () is a massive coastal mountain range in Antarctica, extending north–south between Fry Glacier and Mawson Glacier. A broad low-level platform on the seaward side of the range is occupied by the Oates Piedmont Glacier. It is ...

Nearby features

Walker Rocks

. A group of high rocks, about in extent, lying southwest of Mount Murray near the mouth of Mawson Glacier. 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) in 1964 for Carson B. Walker, utility man at South Pole Station, 1961.

Mount Brocklehurst

. Dome-shaped mountain, high, standing north of Mawson Glacier and west of Mount Murray. First charted by the BrAE (1907-09) which named it for Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst, who contributed to the expedition and was assistant geologist on it.

Mount Smith

. Peak over high, standing north of Mawson Glacier and north-northwest of Mount Murray. Discovered by the

British National Antarctic Expedition The ''Discovery'' Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since the voyage of James Clark Ross sixty years earlier (1839–1 ...

(BrNAE; 1901-04) which probably named this peak for W.E. Smith, Chief Naval Constructor, who prepared the plans and supervised construction of the expedition ship ''Discovery''.

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