Mount Harmsworth
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 Worcester Range topographic map (bottom right) with Mount Harmsworth |
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| height | 2765 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Worcester Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Harmsworth is the highest mountain in the Worcester Range in East Antarctica, Victoria Land , at 2,765 m . It rises up on the northwest side of the head end of the Delta Glacier .
Participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901–1904), led by British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott, discovered the mountain and named it after the British publisher Alfred Harmsworth (1865–1922), one of the largest donors of the research trip .
Web links
- Mount Harmsworth in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Harmsworth on geographic.org (English)