Mount Hoskins

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Mount Hoskins
height 2030  m
location Ross Dependency , East Antarctica
Mountains Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates 81 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  S , 159 ° 3 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 81 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  S , 159 ° 3 ′ 0 ″  E
Mount Hoskins (Antarctica)
Mount Hoskins

Mount Hoskins is a 2030  m high mountain in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . It rises 6.5 km south of Mount Lindley on the western flank of the Starshot Glacier .

He was discovered by the southern group of the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904). It is named after Anthony Hoskins (1828–1901), First Sea Lord of the British Admiralty and member of the committee for the expedition ship.

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