Mount Henderson (Britannia Range)
| Mount Henderson | ||
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| height | 2660 m | |
| location | Australian Antarctic Territory , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Britannia Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 156 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Henderson is a 2660 m high and prominent mountain in East Antarctica . It rises 8 km west of Mount Olympus in the Britannia Range of the Transantarctic Mountains .
The mountain was discovered by the southern group of the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . This named the mountain after Rear Admiral Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson (1846-1932) of the Royal Navy .
Web links
- Mount Henderson in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Henderson on geographic.org (English)