Mount Johnston (Grahamland)
| Mount Johnston | ||
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| height | 2150 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Foster Plateau | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ S , 61 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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Mount Johnston is a 2150 m (according to the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee 2310 m ) high mountain with two snowy peaks in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It towers over the western foothills of the Foster Plateau between Wilhelmina Bay and the Hektoria Glacier .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out a geodetic survey of the mountain in 1955. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him after Captain William Johnston (1908–1968), captain of the research vessels RSS John Biscoe (1950–1955), the RRS Shackleton (1955–1956) and the new RSS John Biscoe (1956–1957 ) in the service of the survey.
Web links
- Mount Johnston in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Johnston on geographic.org (English)