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Mount Macdonald (Antarctica)
Mount
Macdonald
is a
peak
rising
to surmounting the massive N-S trending
ridge
between
Ludeman Glacier
and
Pain Neve
in the
Commonwealth Range
. Named by
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
for the Hon. T.L. Macdonald, who was
Minister of External Affairs
and of
Defence
when the
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
was being
planned
and who took a
prominent
part in obtaining
New Zealand
participation
in
the Antarctic
.