Mount Kelly
| Mount Kelly | ||
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| height | 1110 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Anare Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ S , 164 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Kelly is a 1110 m high and striking mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises 5 km northwest of Mount Burch and 17.5 km southeast of the Platypus Ridge in the west of the Anare Mountains .
Participants in the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions , led by the Australian polar explorer Phillip Law in 1962, named him after Ronald M. Kelly, the commanding officer of an amphibious vehicle unit of the Australian Army on this expedition.
Web links
- Mount Kelly in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Kelly on geographic.org (English)