Mount Lubbock
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 Map of the southern tip of the Daniell Peninsula (top, right of center) with Mount Lubbock |
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| height | 1630 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ S , 169 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Lubbock is a 1630 m high mountain on the Borchgrevink coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises just north of Cape Jones on the southern tip of the Daniell Peninsula .
It was discovered in January 1841 by the British polar explorer James Clark Ross on his Antarctic expedition (1839–1843). Ross named him after John William Lubbock (1803-1865), Treasurer of the Royal Society .
Web links
- Mount Lubbock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Lubbock on geographic.org (English)