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Order of Street Michael and Street George The Napier Mountains were named by Sir Douglas Mawson after the Honorary Sir John Mellis Napier. The Napier Mountains were first charted in January 1930 by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson. This mountain range was first visited by an ANARE party in 1960. Members of this party included Syd Kirkby and Terence James Elkins. The highest in the Napier Mountains is Mount Elkins, at about 2,300 meters above sea level