# Mount Porteus

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{{Short description|Mountain in Antarctica}}
'''Mount Porteus''' ({{coord|66|49|S|51|3|E|display=inline,title}}) is a [mountain](/source/mountain) just east of [Peacock Ridge](/source/Peacock_Ridge), in the [Tula Mountains](/source/Tula_Mountains) in [Enderby Land](/source/Enderby_Land). It was plotted from air photos taken from ANARE ([Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions](/source/Australian_National_Antarctic_Research_Expeditions)) aircraft in 1956 and was named by the [Antarctic Names Committee of Australia](/source/Antarctic_Names_Committee_of_Australia) (ANCA) for [W.F. Porteus](/source/W.F._Porteus), a member of the crew of the Discovery during the [British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition](/source/British_Australian_New_Zealand_Antarctic_Research_Expedition) (BANZARE) of 1929–31.

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Category:Mountains of Enderby Land

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