Mount Airthrey
| Mount Airthrey | ||
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| height | 1175 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Mount Airthrey is a striking, 1,175 m high mountain in the southern area of the Antarctic dry valleys in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises in the middle of a mountain range that lies between the Garwood Valley and the Marshall Valley .
He was named by the Scottish members of a team of biologists from the University of Canterbury , who carried out numerous studies in the region. "Airthrey" is the Scottish Gaelic name for a high point. This is also the name of the place where the University of Stirling was founded .
Web links
- Mount Airthrey in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Airthrey on geographic.org (English)