Mount Goorhigian (75°3′S 133°46′W / 75.050°S 133.767°W / -75.050; -133.767) is, at 1,115 metres (3,660 ft), the highest mountain of the Demas Range in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Martin Goorhigian, a United States Antarctic Research Program meteorologist at Byrd Station, 1961.[1]

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  1. ↑ "Goorhigian, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-04-30.

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