Mount Fox (Queen Alexandra Chain)
| Mount Fox | ||
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| height | 2820 m | |
| location | Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 83 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ S , 169 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Fox is an Antarctic mountain with an elevation of 2,820 m , which is located about 1.6 kilometers southwest of Mount FL Smith in the Queen Alexandra chain .
He was discovered during the Nimrod Expedition (1907-1909) under the direction of the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton and named after Agnes Susan Fox (1857-1913), a private donor to support the expedition.
See also
Web links
- Mount Fox in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Fox on geographic.org (English)
- Mount Fox. In: Kenneth J. Bertrand and Fred G. Alberts, Geographic names of Antarctica , US Govt. Print. Off., Washington 1956, p. 132 (English)