Flat Top (Ross Dependency)
| Flat top | ||
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| height | 4000 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 171 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Flat Top (English for flat summit ) is a striking, over 4000 m high and icy mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . With its large, flattened summit, it rises in the Queen Maud Mountains east of the Osicki Glacier . It is the highest mountain in the Commonwealth Range .
The South Pole group in the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) under the direction of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott gave it its descriptive name.
Web links
- Flat Top in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Flat Top on geographic.org (English)