Mount Fairweather (Antarctica)
| Mount Fairweather | ||
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| height | 1865 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 85 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Fairweather is a 1865 m high and prominent mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Queen Maud Mountains it rises at the head of the Somero Glacier and 6 km northeast of Mount Schevill .
The southern group of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1963-1964) named it after the unusually good weather they encountered while exploring the area around the mountain.
Web links
- Mount Fairweather in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Fairweather on geographic.org (English)