Mount Kinsey
| Mount Kinsey | ||
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| height | 3110 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Supporters Range , Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 84 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ S , 169 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Kinsey is a 3,110 m high mountain in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . In the Supporters Range, it rises 8 km southwest of Ranfurly Point on the eastern flank of the Beardmore Glacier .
Participants in the Nimrod expedition (1907-1909), led by the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, discovered him. Shackleton named him after Joseph James Kinsey (1852-1936), the New Zealand agent of the expedition.
See also
Web links
- Mount Kinsey in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Kinsey on geographic.org (English)
- Mount Kinsey. In: Kenneth J. Bertrand and Fred G. Alberts, Geographic names of Antarctica , US Govt. Print. Off., Washington 1956, p. 180 (English)