Mount Harrison
| Mount Harrison | ||
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| height | 1955 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Usarp Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Harrison is a 1955 m high mountain in East Antarctica Victoria Land . In the Usarp Mountains it dominates the ridge between the Robilliard and Svendsen glaciers .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the mountain in 1964 after the helicopter pilot Louis J. Harrison of the United States Navy , who served in support of the work of the United States Geological Survey in the area from 1961 to 1962 and from 1962 to 1963.
Web links
- Mount Harrison in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Harrison on geographic.org (English)