Maclaren monolith

Maclaren monolith
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height	1000 m
location	Coatsland , East Antarctica
Mountains	Herbert Mountains , Shackleton Range
Coordinates	80 ° 19 ′ 49 " S , 25 ° 23 ′ 2" W Coordinates: 80 ° 19 ′ 49 " S , 25 ° 23 ′ 2" W

The Maclaren Monolith is a mountain in the East Antarctic Coatsland . It rises around 1000 m (according to British data 1400 m ) high in the Herbert Mountains of the Shackleton Range and has a monolithic peak.

It was photographed from the air in 1967 by the United States Navy . The British Antarctic Survey conducted the geodetic survey between 1968 and 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1971 after the Scottish naturalist Charles Maclaren (1782–1866), who in 1861 was the first to recognize the influence of glacier activity on sea level.

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