Mount Sheffield
| Mount Sheffield | ||
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| height | 915 m | |
| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Shackleton Range | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 7 ′ 16 ″ S , 25 ° 46 ′ 10 ″ W | |
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Mount Sheffield is a 915 m (according to British data 785 m ) high mountain in the East Antarctic Coatsland . It rises on the north side of the Shackleton Range at the confluence of the Gordon Glacier and Slessor Glacier .
It was first mapped by participants in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) under the direction of British polar explorer Vivian Fuchs . It is named after Alfred Harold Sheffield (1900–1983), chairman of the working group for communication by radio waves of the International Geophysical Year , who assisted the expedition in this area.
Web links
- Mount Sheffield in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Sheffield on geographic.org (English)