Mount Cara
| Mount Cara | ||
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| height | 3145 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Cara is a 3,145 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Alexandra chain in the Transantarctic Mountains it rises about 6.5 km north-northwest of Mount Lysaght .
It was discovered by participants in the Nimrod expedition (1907-1909) under the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton . The name of the mountain is probably derived from the Irish "Mo Anam Cara" for "my soul mate".
See also
Web links
- Mount Cara in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Cara on geographic.org (English)