Horseshoe Mountain

Horseshoe Mountain
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height	2514 m
location	Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Mountains	Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates	77 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ E Coordinates: 77 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ E

The Horseshoe Mountain (English for horseshoe mountain ) is a 2514 m high mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises west of Mount Fleming on the north flank of the head end of the Taylor Glacier near the edge of the polar plateau .

Participants of the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott named it after its shape.

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