Mount Geoffrey Markham
| Mount Geoffrey Markham | ||
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 View across Cape Hallett to Mount Geoffrey Markham |
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| height | 1770 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Quarterdeck Ridge | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ S , 170 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Geoffrey Markham is a turn 1770 m high and spitzkegeliger mountain of basalt at the Borchgrevink Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . As the highest point on the Hallett Peninsula, it rises south of the Hallett Station from the Quarterdeck Ridge .
Scientists from a campaign of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition carried out from 1957 to 1958 set up an astronomical observation station here. They named the mountain after Geoffrey Will Markham (1907-1997), who was active from 1956 as Secretary of the New Zealand Committee for the Organization of the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958).
Web links
- Mount Geoffrey Markham in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)