Mount Handsley
| Mount Handsley | ||
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 Mount Handsley to the southeast of the map sheet |
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Quartermain Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 56 '0 " S , 161 ° 33' 0" E | |
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Mount Handsley is a sub-peak of the Knobhead massif in the Quartermain Mountains of the Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises about 2.5 kilometers south-southeast of the main peak and towers over the upper section of the Ferrar Glacier on the northwest side.
Was named the mountain by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Petty Officer Jesse Handsley (1876-1916) of the Royal Navy , a participant of the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) under the direction of British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott , the together with Scott and four other participants in 1903 undertook an exploratory march to the Ferrar and Taylor glaciers .
Web links
- Mount Handsley in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Handsley on geographic.org (English)