Mount Brocklehurst
| Mount Brocklehurst | ||
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| height | 1310 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Albert Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Brocklehurst is a 1,310 m high and domed mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Prince Albert Mountains rises north of the Mawson Glacier and around 10 km west of Mount Murray .
Participants in the Nimrod expedition (1907-1909), led by the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, discovered him. It is named after Philip Brocklehurst , a participant in this expedition.
See also
Web links
- Mount Brocklehurst in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Brocklehurst on geographic.org (English)
- Mount Brocklehurst. In: Kenneth J. Bertrand and Fred G. Alberts: Geographic names of Antarctica , US Govt. Print. Off., Washington 1956, p. 70 (English)