Mount Hancox

Mount Hancox
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height	3245 m
location	Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Mountains	Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates	72 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ E Coordinates: 72 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ E

Mount Hancox is a very distinctive and at 3,245 m after Mount Riddolls the second highest mountain of the Victory Mountains in East Antarctica Victoria Land . It is located 9.5 km southeast of Mount Burton and towers over the northern edge of the Malta Plateau .

It was named by the geological team that examined the Mariner glacier in the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1966–1967) . It is named after Graham T. Hancox, senior geologist of this group.

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