Mount Leat
| Mount Leat | ||
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| height | 800 m | |
| location | Bristol Island ( South Sandwich Islands ) | |
| Coordinates | 59 ° 1 '40 " S , 26 ° 32' 18" W | |
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Mount Leat is a snow-covered and over 800 m high mountain peak on Bristol Island in the archipelago of the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic . It rises between Mount Darnley and Mount Sourabaya .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2013. It is named after the British geologist Philip Timothy Leat (* 1957) from the British Antarctic Survey , who carried out the second series of geological surveys on the South Sandwich Islands from January to February 1997 and then two research campaigns to explore the surrounding ocean floor .
Web links
- Leat, Mount . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)