Mount Camelot
| Mount Camelot | ||
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| height | 2590 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Freyberg Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Camelot is a 2590 m high mountain in the north of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises in the Alamein Range near the center of the Freyberg Mountains and is the highest mountain in these mountains. A geological peculiarity is a so-called sub-beacon sandstone layer visible on its surface .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1968 after Camelot , the court of the mythical King Arthur .
Web links
- Mount Camelot in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Camelot on geographic.org (English)