Mount Haddington
| Mount Haddington | ||
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| height | 1630 m | |
| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 12 ′ 54 ″ S , 57 ° 37 ′ 17 ″ W | |
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| Type | Shield volcano | |
Mount Haddington is a 1,630 m high shield volcano in the center of James Ross Island east of the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula .
The British polar explorer James Clark Ross discovered the mountain on December 31, 1842 during his Antarctic expedition (1839-1843). He named it after Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington (1780-1858), then First Lord of the Admiralty .
Web links
- Mount Haddington in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Haddington on geographic.org (English)
- James Ross Island in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution .