Mount Crean
| Mount Crean | ||
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| height | 2550 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Lashly Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Crean is a 2550 m high mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is the highest point in the center of the Lashly Mountains .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the massive and rocky mountain after the Irish polar explorer Tom Crean (1877-1938), participant of the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904), the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) and the Endurance expedition (1914-1917).
Web links
- Mount Crean in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Crean on geographic.org (English)