Mount Longhurst
| Mount Longhurst | ||
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| height | 2845 m | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Cook Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ S , 157 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Longhurst is a prominent 2845 m high mountain in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Cook Mountains it looms west of Mill Mountain . It is the highest point on the edge of the Festive plateau .
Participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901–1904), led by British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott, discovered the mountain and named it after Cyril Longhurst (1878–1948), a secretary of the expedition.
Web links
- Mount Longhurst in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Longhurst on geographic.org (English)