Mount Cheops
| Mount Cheops | ||
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| height | 610 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 65 ° 51 '24 " S , 64 ° 37' 17" W | |
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Mount Cheops is a more than 610 m (according to the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee about 620 m ) high mountain on the Graham Coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 13 km south-southeast of Cape García on the Felipe Solo Peninsula .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it using aerial photographs from Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from the years 1956 to 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on July 7, 1959 after the Great Pyramid of Cheops , as its shape is reminiscent of this building.
Web links
- Mount Cheops in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Cheops on geographic.org (English)