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Seward Mountains (Antarctica)
The
Seward Mountains
are isolated
mountains
, 1,525 m, standing
10 miles
east-southeast
of the
Buttress Nunataks
and a like
distance
east
of
George VI Sound
on the
west coast
of
Palmer Land
.
The
Seward
Mountains
were discovered in 1936 by the
British Graham Land Expedition
under
John Riddoch Rymill
. The Seward Mountains were named by
John Riddoch
Rymill
for Sir
Albert Charles Seward
,
professor
of
botany
at
Cambridge
, 1906–1936.