Mount Augusta (Antarctica)
| Mount Augusta | ||
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 Mt Augusta in the southeast of the map sheet |
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Augusta is a mountain peak about four kilometers east of Mount Wild at the southern end of the Queen Alexandra chain in the Transantarctic Mountains .
The summit was discovered by participants in the Nimrod expedition (1907–1909) led by the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton . It is named after Augusta Swinford-Edwards, a relative of Shackleton's.
See also
Web links
- Mount Augusta in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Augusta on geographic.org (English)