Mount Crummer
| Mount Crummer | ||
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| height | 895 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Albert Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 2 '35 " S , 162 ° 34' 36" E | |
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Mount Crummer is a 895 m high mountain range made of brown granite in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Prince Albert Mountains , it rises on the southern flank of the Backstairs Passage Glacier .
The mountain was discovered by participants in the Nimrod expedition (1907-1909) under the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton . The further naming background is not passed down; presumed namesake is Henry Samuel Walker Crummer (1839-1921), an Australian surveyor.
See also
Web links
- Mount Crummer in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Crummer on geographic.org (English)
- Mount Crummer. In: Kenneth J. Bertrand and Fred G. Alberts, Geographic names of Antarctica , US Govt. Print. Off., Washington 1956, p. 96 (English)