A mountain 935 metres (3,068 ft) high whose summit rises above the ice surface just south of the base of Wirth Peninsula.He named it for Merle A. Tuve, Director of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism of Carnegie Institution, Washington, DC, who furnished instruments for the expedition.Named by US-ACAN for Captain Laurence Wirth, commander of USNS Eltanin on Antarctic cruises, September 1966-November 1967.Named by US-ACAN for Captain George Fladerer, commander of USNS Eltanin on Antarctic cruises.A broad ice-covered peninsula, 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) long, between Fladerer Bay and Carroll Inlet.Named by US-ACAN for Captain Sven Rydberg, commander of United States NavyS Eltanin on Antarctic cruises, February 1962 to June 1963.