Abercrombie Crests
| Abercrombie Crests | ||
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| height | 1259 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Churchill Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 81 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Abercrombie Crests are a composite of rocky mountain peaks with a height of 1259 m in the northern section of the Darley Hills in the Churchill Mountains . They are located approximately 14 km southeast of Mount Deleon .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them after Thomas James Abercrombie (1930-2006), foreign correspondent for National Geographic Magazine between 1957 and 1990, who was responsible for Antarctica from 1957 to 1958 .
Web links
- Abercrombie Crests in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Abercrombie Crests on geographic.org (English)