Mount Gregory
| Mount Gregory | ||
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| height | 2940 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Queen Alexandra Chain , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Gregory is a 2940 m high mountain in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . In the Queen Alexandra chain of the Transantarctic Mountains, it rises as the only large elevation of the Cotton Plateau at the southern end of the Hochstein Ridge .
The designation was made on the proposal of participants in a campaign carried out from 1964 to 1965 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition . It is named after the geologist M. Gregory, who was involved in this campaign.
Web links
- Mount Gregory in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Gregory on geographic.org (English)