Mount Canopus

Mount Canopus
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height	1710 m
location	Ross Dependency , Antarctica
Mountains	Nash Range , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates	81 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E Coordinates: 81 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E

Mount Canopus is a striking, ice-free and 1710 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Nash Range of the Transantarctic Mountains, it rises at a distance of 7 km east of Centaur Bluff .

Participants in the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–1962) named it after the star Canopus , which they used as a benchmark for surveying work.

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