Mount Carrara
| Mount Carrara | ||
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| height | 1770 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Sky-Hi-Nunatakker | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 53 ′ 27 ″ S , 71 ° 27 ′ 29 ″ W | |
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| First ascent | January 1978 | |
| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Carrara is a 1770 m high mountain in the center of the Sky-Hi-Nunatakker in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names renamed it in 1985 after the US geologist Paul Edward Carrara (* 1947) from the United States Geological Survey , which a team of Survey to explore the area between the Sky-Hi-Nunatakkern and Orville Coast belonged and in January 1978 climbed this mountain for the first time with two companions.
Web links
- Mount Carrara in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Carrara on geographic.org (English)