Mount Elizabeth (Antarctica)

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Mount Elizabeth
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height 4480  m
location Ross Dependency , Antarctica
Mountains Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains
Dominance 53.71 km →  Mount Kirkpatrick
Notch height 1657 m ↓ 
Coordinates 83 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  S , 168 ° 23 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 83 ° 54 ′ 0 ″  S , 168 ° 23 ′ 0 ″  E
Mount Elizabeth (Antarctica) (Antarctica)
Mount Elizabeth (Antarctica)
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Mount Elizabeth is a massive, ice-free and 4480  m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Alexandra chain it rises about 11 km south of Mount Anne .

The mountain was discovered during the Nimrod Expedition (1907-1909) under the direction of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton and named after Elizabeth Dawson-Lambton (1836-unknown), a private donor to support the research trip.

See also

Web links

  • Mount Elizabeth on geographic.org (English)
  • Mount Elizabeth. In: Kenneth J. Bertrand and Fred G. Alberts, Geographic names of Antarctica , US Govt. Print. Off., Washington 1956, p. 119. (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mount Elizabeth, Antarctica on Peakbagger.com (English)
  2. ↑ Mount Elizabeth ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved January 25, 2015.