Mount Macklin (South Georgia)
| Mount Macklin | ||
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| height | 1900 m | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Mountains | Salvesen Range | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 45 ′ 16 ″ S , 36 ° 2 ′ 34 ″ W | |
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Mount Macklin is a 1900 m high mountain with double peaks in the southeast of South Georgia . It rises between Mount Carse and Douglas Crag in the southern part of the Salvesen Range .
The South Georgia Survey mapped it as part of its 1951-1957 survey of South Georgia. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after the British doctor Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967), participant in the Endurance Expedition (1914-1917) and the Quest Expedition (1921-1922), both of which were headed by the British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton .
Web links
- Mount Macklin in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Macklin on geographic.org (English)