Mount Hector (Antarctica)
| Mount Hector | ||
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| height | 2225 m | |
| location | Anvers Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Mountains | Trojan Range | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 34 '44 " S , 63 ° 22' 35" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Hector is a 2225 m high and snow-covered mountain on the Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . In the southern part of the Trojan Range it rises between Mount Français and Mount Priam .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey surveyed the mountain in 1955. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1957 after Hector , a figure from the Iliad by the ancient Greek poet and author Homer .
Web links
- Mount Hector in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Hector on geographic.org (English)