Mount Egbert
| Mount Egbert | ||
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| height | 2895 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Mountains | Douglas Range | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 57 '4 " S , 69 ° 38' 56" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Egbert is a 2895 m high and mostly icy mountain on the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . In the Douglas Range it rises 13 km south-southeast of Mount Stephenson .
The mountain was first sighted in 1909 during the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . In 1936, participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) led by the Australian polar explorer John Rymill made a survey. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey repeated this in 1948 and named the mountain after Egbert von Wessex († 839), King of Wessex from 802 to 839.
Web links
- Mount Egbert in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Egbert on geographic.org (English)