Part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer (Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1581) and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica, it is located in Enderby Land, East Antarctica, which is claimed by Australia as part of the Australian Antarctic Territory.

The head of Beaver Glacier is located very close to the base of Mount King.

Mount King was discovered and mapped in December, 1958, by an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) dog-sledge party led by G.A.

Named after Peter W. King, radio officer at Mawson in 1957 and 1958, a member of the dog-sledge party.

[1] To date, no flora or fauna have been observed within 1.0 degrees of Mount King:[1] This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount King (Antarctica)".