Mount Cyril
| Mount Cyril | ||
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| height | 1190 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Commonwealth Range , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ S , 172 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Cyril is a 1,190 m high and ice-covered mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises around 3 km south of Celebration Pass in the Commonwealth Range in the Transantarctic Mountains that flank the Beardmore Glacier to the east .
The mountain was discovered by participants in the Nimrod expedition (1907-1909) of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton . He is named after Cyril Longhurst (1878-1948), the secretary of the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) and friend of Shackletons.
See also
Web links
- Mount Cyril in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Cyril on geographic.org (English)
- Mount Cyril. In: Kenneth J. Bertrand and Fred G. Alberts, Geographic names of Antarctica , US Govt. Print. Off., Washington 1956, p. 97 (English)