Alexandra Mountains
| Alexandra Mountains | ||
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 ALEXANDRA MOUNTAINS in the northwest area of the map sheet |
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 25 ′ S , 153 ° 30 ′ W | |
The Alexandra Mountains are a group of lower separated mountains in the north of the Edward VII Peninsula southwest of Sulzberger Bay in Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica .
Participants of the British Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) discovered them in January 1902 while driving along the Ross Ice Shelf . It is named after Alexandra of Denmark (1844–1925), wife of the British monarch Edward VII.
Web links
- Alexandra Mountains in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Alexandra Mountains on geographic.org (English)