Mount Adam (Antarctica)

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Mount Adam
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height 4010  m
location Viktorialand , Antarctica
Mountains Admiralty Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains
Dominance 5 km →  Mount Minto
Notch height 510 m
Coordinates 71 ° 46 '39 "  S , 168 ° 36' 38"  O Coordinates: 71 ° 46 '39 "  S , 168 ° 36' 38"  O
Mount Adam (Antarctica) (Antarctica)
Mount Adam (Antarctica)
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The Mount Adam is a 4010  m high mountain and part of the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica . It is four kilometers west-northwest of Mount Minto . In January 1841 he was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross and named after Vice Admiral Sir Charles Adam (1780-1853).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mount Adam (Antarctica) on Peakbagger.com (English)
  2. ↑ Mount Adam ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved March 6, 2011.