Mount Cupola
| Mount Cupola | ||
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| height | 2500 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Rouen Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 20 ′ 48 ″ S , 70 ° 26 ′ 40 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Cupola (loosely translated: dome mountain ) is a dome-shaped mountain of 2500 m (according to the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee 1650 m ) height, which marks the southeastern end of the Rouen Mountains on the West Antarctic Alexander I Island .
He was first photographed from the air in 1937 during an overflight as part of the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill . In 1948 a survey was carried out by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee gave the descriptive name in 1960.
Web links
- Mount Cupola in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Cupola on geographic.org (English)