Mount Henderson (Holme Bay)
| Mount Henderson | ||
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| height | 970 m | |
| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Framnes Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 63 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Henderson is a 970 m high, massive mountain in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It rises from the ice sheet 8 km southeast of Holme Bay and just as far northeast of the north end of the Masson Range .
He was discovered during the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929-1931) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson , who named him after the Australian official Walter Henderson (1887-1986), a member of the Australian Antarctic Committee in 1929 .
Web links
- Mount Henderson in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Henderson on geographic.org (English)