Mount Circe
Mount Circe | ||
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height | 2000 m | |
location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
Mountains | Olympus Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
Coordinates | 77 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Circe is a striking and over 2000 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Olympus Range it rises immediately north of Mount Dido .
Scientists from a 1958 to 1959 campaign of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions named him after Circe , a sorceress from Greek mythology .
Web links
- Mount Circe in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Circe on geographic.org (English)