Mount Gavaghan
| Mount Gavaghan | ||
|---|---|---|
| height | 1525 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Porthos Range in the Prince Charles Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ S , 65 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ E | |
|
||
| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Gavaghan is a 1525 m high mountain in Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica . In the Porthos Range , a mountain range of the Prince Charles Mountains , it looms between Mount Kirkby and Mount Creighton .
The mountain was mapped using aerial photographs taken by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named him after Eamonn Joseph Gavaghan (1927-2003), a radio operator at Mawson Station in 1963.
Web links
- Mount Gavaghan in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Gavaghan on geographic.org (English)