title: Mount McKelvey
text: # Mount McKelvey
  
  Mount McKelvey (85°21′S 87°18′W﻿ / ﻿85.350°S 87.300°W﻿ / -85.350; -87.300) is a rocky, mostly ice-free peak, 2,090 metres (6,860 ft) high, situated less than 1 nautical mile (2 km) east of Mount Walcott in the eastern portion of the Thiel Mountains of Antarctica. It was surveyed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Thiel Mountains party of 1960–61, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Vincent E. McKelvey, the ninth director of the USGS from 1971 to 1978. During this period, numerous USGS geologic and topographic expeditions, for which he had administrative responsibility, were carried out in Antarctica.
  
  