Mount Hercules
| Mount Hercules | ||
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| height | 2200 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Olympus Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Hercules is a mountain of 2200 m height with a flattened summit, which looms between Mount Aeolus and Mount Jason in the Olympus Range in East Antarctica Victoria Land.
Participants in a campaign carried out from 1958 to 1959 as part of New Zealand's Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions named him after Hercules , a demigod from Greek mythology known for his physical strength .
Web links
- Mount Hercules in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Hercules on geographic.org (English)