Mount Dido
| Mount Dido | ||
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| height | 2070 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Olympus Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Dido is a 2070 m high and striking mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Olympus Range it rises between Mount Electra and Mount Boreas .
Participants in a 1958-1959 campaign as part of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions named him after Dido , the founder and first Queen of Carthage from Greek mythology .
Web links
- Mount Dido in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Dido on geographic.org (English)