Mount Achernar
| Mount Achernar | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | MacAlpine Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Archenar is a mountain peak at the northeastern end of the MacAlpine Hills or on the south side of the Law Glacier .
Participants in a campaign carried out from 1961 to 1962 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named it after the star Achernar , which had served them as a benchmark for land surveying work.
Web links
- Mount Archenar in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Archenar on geographic.org (English)