Mount Holdsworth
| Mount Holdsworth | ||
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| height | 2360 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Monteath Hills in the Victory Mountains of the Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Holdsworth is a 2360 m high mountain of granite rock in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises in the eastern part of the Monteath Hills in the Victory Mountains .
The mountain got its name from participants in the New Zealand Federal Mountain Club Antarctic Expedition (1962–1963). It is named after the New Zealand geologist Gerald Holdsworth (* 1939), head of the northern group on this expedition.
Web links
- Mount Holdsworth in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Holdsworth on geographic.org (English)