Mount Stephens

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Mount Stephens
British Antarctic Territory
Range: Forrestal Range
Summit: 6,775 feet 83°22’59"S, 51°27’0"W

Mount Stephens is a prominent mountain, rising to 6,775 feet, surmounting the western extremity of the Saratoga Table in the Forrestal Range of the Pensacola Mountains in Queen Elizabeth Land in the British Antarctic Territory. It rises to 6,775 feet on south-west side of the Table.

This mountain was photographed from the air by the United States Navy in 1964 and surveyed from the ground by the United States Geological Survey, 1965-66. It is named after Lieutenant Commander H.E. Stephens of the United States Navy, who was a leader of the unit from Mobile Construction Battalion One which constructed Ellsworth Station in January and February 1957.

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