Mount Absalom
| Mount Absalom | ||
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| height | 1640 m | |
| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Herbert Mountains , Shackleton Range | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 23 '50 " S , 25 ° 30' 56" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Absalom is the southernmost and with 1640 m (according to the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee 1645 m ) the highest mountain of the Herbert Mountains in the central section of the Shackleton Range in the East Antarctic Coatsland .
It was first mapped by participants in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) under the direction of British polar explorer Vivian Fuchs . It is named after Henry William Lyon Absalom (1894–1965), a member of the scientific committee of the expedition.
Web links
- Mount Absalom in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Absalom on geographic.org (English)