Mount Gimber (72°1′S 102°0′W / 72.017°S 102.000°W / -72.017; -102.000) is an ice-covered mountain 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km) southeast of Landfall Peak in the extreme west part of Thurston Island, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Commander H.M.S. Gimber, the captain of the destroyer Brownson in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47.[1]

Mount Gimber
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Highest point
Coordinates72°1′S 102°0′W / 72.017°S 102.000°W / -72.017; -102.000
Geography
LocationThurston Island, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeWalker Mountains
Map of Thurston Island.
Satellite image of Thurston Island.

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