Mount Fox (Anare-Nunatakker)
| Mount Fox | ||
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| height | 1980 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Anare Nunatakker | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 58 '42 " S , 64 ° 36' 32" E | |
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Mount Fox is a 1980 m high mountain in Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica . It looms in the Anare nunatak core . Its north and west slopes are iced up to the summit, while its east slope is characterized by bare brownish rock.
A team led by the Australian polar explorer John Mayston Béchervaise (1910-1998) visited him in November 1955 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named him after Leon Neville Eugene Jennings-Fox (1929-2011), weather observer and sled dog handler at Mawson Station in 1955.
Web links
- Mount Fox in the database of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)