Mount Dummett
| Mount Dummett | ||
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| height | 1270 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Charles Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ S , 64 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Dummett is a 1,270 m high and elongated mountain in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It rises 17.5 km east of Mount McCauley in the southern part of the Prince Charles Mountains .
It was mapped using aerial photographs taken in 1956 during an overflight as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named him after Robert Bryan Dummett (1912-1977), managing director of the Australian branch of the energy company BP , in recognition of the company's support for the Australian expedition series.
Web links
- Mount Dummett in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Dummett on geographic.org (English)