Mount Edixon
| Mount Edixon | ||
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| height | 2080 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Bowers Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Edixon is a 2080 m high mountain in the north of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Lanterman Range of the Bowers Mountains, it rises 10 km southeast of Bowers Peak .
The northern group of the 1963 to 1964 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named him after Lieutenant James Richard Edixon (* 1929) of the United States Navy , pilot with the VX-6 flight squadron and responsible for air support for this research trip.
Web links
- Mount Edixon in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Edixon on geographic.org (English)