Mount Henry Lucy

Mount Henry Lucy
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height	3020  m
location	Ross Dependency , Antarctica
Mountains	Supporters Range , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates	85 ° 11 ′ 0 ″  S , 170 ° 26 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 85 ° 11 ′ 0 ″  S , 170 ° 26 ′ 0 ″  E

Mount Henry Lucy is a 3020  m high and prominent mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises 4 km south-southeast of Mount White at the southern end of the Supporters Range in the Transantarctic Mountains .

The South Pole group of the Nimrod Expedition (1907-1909), led by the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, discovered him. The mountain is named after the British journalist William Henry Lucy (1842–1924), who had campaigned for public relations prior to the expedition and for financial support from the British government.

See also

• List of geographical objects discovered during the Nimrod expedition

Web links

• Mount Henry Lucy in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Mount Henry Lucy on geographic.org (English)
• Mount Henry Lucy. In: Kenneth J. Bertrand and Fred G. Alberts: Geographic names of Antarctica. US Govt. Print. Off., Washington 1956, p. 151 (English)