Mount Betty
| Mount Betty | ||
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| height | 381 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Betty is a 381 m high ridge on the Amundsen coast of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises on the southern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf north of the Bigend Saddle in the northeastern foothills of the Herbert Range in the Queen Maud Mountains .
The Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen discovered the mountain in November 1911 while marching to the geographic South Pole as part of his Antarctic expedition (1910–1912). Amundsen named him after Beata (called Betty) Andersen (1840 - unknown), his former nanny and later housekeeper.
Web links
- Mount Betty in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Betty on geographic.org (English)