Feyerharm Knoll (77°0′S 125°46′W / 77.000°S 125.767°W / -77.000; -125.767) is an ice-covered knoll protruding to 2,595 metres (8,514 ft) in a 2,400 metres (7,900 ft) terrain on the lower northeastern slope of Mount Sidley, in the Executive Committee Range of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was surveyed by the United States Geological Survey during the Executive Committee Range Traverse of 1959, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for William R. Feyerharm, a meteorologist at Byrd Station, 1960.[1]

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  1. "Feyerharm Knoll". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-22.

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