Mount Arthur (Antarctica)
| Mount Arthur | ||
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| height | 1290 m | |
| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Scott Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ S , 49 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Arthur is a 1290 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It rises immediately west of Mount Douglas and 6 km northwest of Simpson Peak at the western end of the Scott Mountains .
The mountain was mapped using aerial photographs taken in 1956 on a research trip part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named the mountain on November 24, 1961 after the electrician John T. Arthur, who worked at Mawson Station in 1960 .
Web links
- Mount Arthur in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Arthur on geographic.org (English)