Čiurlionis Mountain

The memoirs of polar explorer and artist Nikolay Pinegin [ru] who saw the area when he was taking part in a 1913 polar expedition of Georgy Sedov say: "On the foggy days when we saw these headlands, they resembled the visions of the fantasy painter Čiurlionis". Latter writers attributed the naming to Pinegin.^[2] A member of another expedition to the area, Vyacheslav Alekseyevich Markin, published a photo in his book, from which it can be concluded that the inspiration was the painting Stillness by Čiurlionis.^[3][4][5] Vyacheslav Markin suggests the name of the bay, "Tikhaya" ("Still, "Quiet") was inspired by the name of the painting.^[2]

Later the mountain was split into two objects: its plateau foothills were named Čiurlionis Plateau (плато Чюрлениса) and its iceberg-covered dome was called Čiurlionis Dome (купол Чюрлениса).^[2]

The Russian-language name ("Гора Чурляниса", "Gora Churlyanisa") reflects the archaic Russian transliteration of the artist's name. During 1959-1961 the Čiurlionis Dome hosted a meteorological station (no. A-009) with the same name.^[6]