Mitchell Peak (76°25′S 147°22′W / 76.417°S 147.367°W) is a solitary peak 13 nautical miles (15 mi; 24 km) west of the Birchall Peaks on the south side of Guest Peninsula in Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd sighted it on December 5, 1929, while on an airplane flight over the Antarctic coast and named it for Hugh C. Mitchell, a mathematician of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and member of the National Geographic Society committee of experts which determined that Byrd reached both the North Pole and the South Pole by airplane in 1926 and 1929, respectively.[1]
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This article incorporates public domain material from "Mitchell Peak (Antarctica)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.