Mount Cis

Mount Cis
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height	184  m
location	Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica )
Coordinates	77 ° 34 ′ 0 ″  S , 166 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 77 ° 34 ′ 0 ″  S , 166 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  E

Mount Cis is a 184  m high hill , which is located around 2 km northeast of Cape Barne on the west side of the Antarctic Ross Island .

Participants in the Nimrod Expedition (1907-1909), led by the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, discovered and mapped it. It is named at the suggestion of the geologist Raymond Priestley , a participant in the expedition, after one of the sled dogs that were brought along as draft animals on the research trip.

See also

• List of geographical objects discovered during the Nimrod expedition

Web links

• Mount Cis in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Mount Cis on geographic.org (English)