Mount Ellery
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 Topographic map of the area around the Suvorov Glacier with Mount Ellery (bottom center) |
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| height | 1110 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Wilson Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Mount Ellery is a 1,110 m high mountain in the north of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Wilson Hills it rises 3 km northwest of the Hornblende Bluffs near the head end of the Suvorov Glacier .
Aerial photos were taken during the US operation Highjump (1946–1947). The Australian geodesist Sydney Lorrimar Kirkby (* 1933) determined the position of the mountain on February 21, 1962 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions campaign led by the Australian polar explorer Phillip Law . It is named after the British astronomer Robert Ellery (1827–1908), member of the Austratian Antarctic Exploration Committee in 1886.
Web links
- Mount Ellery in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Ellery on geographic.org (English)