Herbert Mountains
| Herbert Mountains | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Absalom ( 1640 m ) | |
| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Shackleton Range | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 20 ′ S , 25 ° 30 ′ W | |
The Herbert Mountains are a striking group of rocky mountain peaks in the East Antarctic Coatsland . They are in the center of the Shackleton Range . They are bounded in the north by the Slessor Glacier and Mount Sheffield , in the east by Bernhardi Heights , in the south by the Shotton snowfield and in the west by the Gordon Glacier . From north to south, they include the Charpentier Pyramid , the Maclaren Monolith , Venetz Peak and Mount Absalom .
They were first mapped in October 1957 by participants in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) under the direction of British polar explorer Vivian Fuchs . They are named after Edwin Savory Herbert (1899–1973), chairman of the finance committee and member of the management committee of this research trip . The first aerial photographs were taken by the United States Navy in 1967. Geodesists of the British Antarctic Survey carried out a complete survey at Halley Station between 1968 and 1971.
Web links
- Herbert Mountains in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Herbert Mountains on geographic.org (English)