title: Mount Thornton
text: # Mount Thornton
  
  Mount Thornton (73°34′S 77°7′W﻿ / ﻿73.567°S 77.117°W﻿ / -73.567; -77.117) is a mountain between Mount McCann and Mount Benkert in the east-central part of the Snow Nunataks, Palmer Land. Discovered and photographed by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) 1939–41. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain Richard Thornton, commander of USNS Eltanin on Antarctic cruises, 1967–68.
  
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