Mount Cerberus (Antarctica)

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Mount Cerberus
Mount Cerberus with altitude indication 1766 on the topographic map sheet (revised 1988)

Mount Cerberus with altitude indication 1766 on the topographic map sheet (revised 1988)

height 1600  m
location Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Mountains Olympus Range , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates 77 ° 26 ′ 0 ″  S , 161 ° 53 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 77 ° 26 ′ 0 ″  S , 161 ° 53 ′ 0 ″  E
Mount Cerberus (Antarctica) (Antarctica)
Mount Cerberus (Antarctica)

Mount Cerberus is a striking and 1600  m high mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Olympus Range, it rises with numerous secondary peaks between Lake Vida and Mount Orestes .

Scientists from a 1958 to 1959 campaign of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions named it after the three-headed dog Cerberus from Greek mythology.

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