Football Mountain
| Football Mountain | ||
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| height | 830 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ S , 169 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Football Mountain is a 830 m high mountain on the Borchgrevink Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises from the ridge between Edisto Inlet and the Tucker Glacier . The Football rock formation rises on its north side .
The mountain was the site of a surveying station by scientists from 1957 to 1958 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition campaign . They named it after the rock formation, which was descriptively named because of its shape reminiscent of a football .
Web links
- Football Mountain in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Football Mountain on geographic.org (English)