Darwin Mountains
| Darwin Mountains | ||
|---|---|---|
| Highest peak | Mount Ellis ( 2330 m ) | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
|
||
| Coordinates | 79 ° 51 ′ S , 156 ° 15 ′ E | |
The Darwin Mountains are a mountain range between the Darwin Glacier and the Hatherton Glacier in southern East Antarctic Victoria Land .
They were discovered by participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott , who named them after Leonard Darwin (1850-1943), Honorary President of the Royal Geographical Society .
Web links
- Darwin Mountains in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Darwin Mountains on geographic.org (English)
West part in the southeast of the map
Eastern part in the southwest of the map
