Mount Elliott (Graham Land)
| Mount Elliott | ||
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| height | 1265 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 25 '11 " S , 60 ° 3' 3" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Elliott is a 1265 m high and distinctive mountain on the Nordenskjöld coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . With its few rocky outcrops and ice-free cliffs on the southeast side, it rises 24 km northwest of Cape Sobral .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) mapped and named the mountain in 1947. It is named after Frank Kenneth Elliott (* 1910), head of the FIDS station in Hope Bay from 1947 to 1948.
Web links
- Mount Elliott in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Elliott on geographic.org (English)