Mount Gordon (Antarctica)
| Mount Gordon | ||
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| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Scott Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ S , 50 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Gordon is a mountain in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It rises 10 km northeast of Simpson Peak in the Scott Mountains .
The British navigator and explorer John Biscoe named such a mountain in this approximate position during his Antarctic voyage from 1830 to 1831. It is probably named after Henry William Gordon (1786–1865), father of Charles George Gordon and brother-in-law of the Enderby brothers from the whale and seal fishing company Samuel Enderby & Sons , owner of Biscoe's ship Tula . Since a clear identification among the numerous mountain peaks in the area was not possible, the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) decided to assign Biscoe's name to the mountain described here for reasons of continuity.
Web links
- Mount Gordon in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Gordon on geographic.org (English)