Camel's hump
Camel's hump | ||
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height | 2320 m | |
location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
Coordinates | 77 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Camels Hump (English for camel hump ) is a 2320 m high and dark hill in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the northern part of the Royal Society Range, it rises 5 km south of Cathedral Rocks .
Participants of the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott discovered him and gave him his descriptive name.
Web links
- Camels Hump in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Camels Hump on geographic.org (English)