title: Mount Axtell
text: # Mount Axtell
  
  Mount Axtell is a low but distinctive rock peak 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) southeast of Mount Tidd in the Pirrit Hills, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. It was positioned by the U.S. Ellsworth–Byrd Traverse Party, December 7, 1958, and named for William R. Axtell, Jr., U.S. Navy, cook at Ellsworth Station in 1958 who volunteered to accompany the traverse party.
  
  