Mount Deakin
| Mount Deakin | ||
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| height | 2810 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ S , 170 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Deakin is a 2810 m high and prominent mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises immediately north of the glacier mouth of the Osicki Glacier on the eastern flank of the Beardmore Glacier .
The mountain was discovered by participants in the Nimrod expedition (1907-1909) under the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton . It is named after Alfred Deakin (1856–1919), then Australian Prime Minister.
See also
Web links
- Mount Deakin in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Deakin on geographic.org (English)
- Mount Deakin. In: Kenneth J. Bertrand and Fred G. Alberts, Geographic names of Antarctica , US Govt. Print. Off., Washington 1956, p. 102 (English)