Mount Horne
| Mount Horne | ||
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| height | 1165 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Quilty nunatakker | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 45 ′ 40 ″ S , 71 ° 44 ′ 13 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
At 1165 m, Mount Horne is the highest of the Quilty Nunatakker in the east of the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It rises 19 km east-northeast of Mount Hassage .
He was discovered during the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948). Expedition leader Finn Ronne named him after the American department store entrepreneur Bernard Shea Horne (1905-1970) from Pittsburgh , who equipped the research trip with windproof and other clothing.
Web links
- Mount Horne in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Horne on geographic.org (English)