Mount Abbott (Antarctica)
| Mount Abbott | ||
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| height | 1020 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Northern Foothills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
At 1020 m, Mount Abbott is the highest mountain of the Northern Foothills in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises about 5 km northeast of Cape Canwe .
Participants in the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) led by British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott mapped the mountain and named it after Petty Officer George Percy Abbott (1880-1923) of the Royal Navy , a participant in the expedition.
Web links
- Mount Abbott in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Abbott on geographic.org (English)