Mount Gass
| Mount Gass | ||
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| height | 1160 m | |
| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Shackleton Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 26 '50 " S , 29 ° 32' 36" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Gass is a striking, rocky and 1160 m high mountain in the East Antarctic Coatsland . In the Shackleton Range it rises 10 km southeast of Mount Provender on the eastern flank of the Blaiklock Glacier .
Participants in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) mapped it for the first time in 1957. It is named after the British manager Neville Archibald Gass (1893–1965), CEO of BP and sponsor of this research trip.
Web links
- Mount Gass in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Gass on geographic.org (English)