Mount Kempe
| Mount Kempe | ||
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| height | 3005 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
Mount Kempe is a 3005 m high mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Royal Society Range , it looms midway between Mount Huggins and Mount Dromedary .
Participants of the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott discovered him. Scott named him after the mathematician Alfred Kempe (1849-1922), the then treasurer of the Royal Society .
Web links
- Mount Kempe in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Kempe on geographic.org (English)