Mount Hughes
| Mount Hughes | ||
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| height | 2250 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Cook Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ S , 157 ° 23 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Hughes is a 2250 m high mountain in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . It looms halfway between Mount Longhurst and Tentacle Ridge in the Cook Mountains .
He was discovered by participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . It is named after James Ford Hughes (1858–1914), Honorary Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society , who helped prepare the expedition.
Web links
- Mount Hughes in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Hughes on geographic.org (English)