Mount Ashley
| Mount Ashley | ||
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| height | 1155 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 6 '57 " S , 37 ° 21' 40" W | |
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Mount Ashley is a 1155 m (according to British data 1150 m ) high mountain on South Georgia . It rises south of the Bay of Isles between the head ends of the Grace and Lucas glaciers .
Robert Cushman Murphy , after visiting South Georgia between 1912 and 1913, used the term Cifford Ashley Mountains for a series of scattered mountains and ridges south of the Bay of Isles. The South Georgia Survey found this designation inappropriate and transferred the name to the highest mountain in the group between 1955 and 1956. It is named after the American whaling historian Clifford W. Ashley (1881-1947), author of the works The Yankee Whaler (1926) and Whale Ships of New Bedford (1929).
Web links
- Mount Ashley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Ashley on geographic.org (English)